Explaining John Wayne
To kids growing up in the 1950s, John Wayne was the symbol of what those kids should grow up to be. A bit gruff, but honest. Fierce, but protective of those in need. And from westerns to war movies, he represented what it was to be a patriotic American. But today\u2019s kids don\u2019t know who John Wayne was and they don\u2019t aspire to be patriots either according to a poll by the Wall Street Journal. Why not? Was it Covid? Was it Trump. Or maybe it was \u201cwoke\u201d ideology. In this the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, investigates the reasons patriotism is no longer popular and what we can do to reinspire patriotism in America.