Hungary's New Leader Reveals Viktor Orban Was Paying CPAC

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63. That fear is understandable on several levels.

If we look at the U.S. as a nation built on the mythology of white Christian men hewing a civilization from the God-given wilderness, the fears of the right wing make sense.

The country's culture is built around the idea of male white supremacy. Non-whites are viewed as inferior, whose proper roles are to serve white people. Women are viewed as inferior, whose proper roles are to serve men. Children are viewed as the property of their fathers.

Every advance in civil and human rights since the Civil War has chipped away at that false mythology. If Black people aren't slaves, does that mean they're equal to white people?! If women can vote, hold paying jobs, have their own bank accounts, and support themselves does that mean they're equal to men?! If people can live openly as the spouses of people of the same sex, does that mean that gender roles aren't immutable?! If schools can teach about these things how will parents pass on the mythology to their children?! Etc.

Every advance is a blow to the myth.