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It’s been a long time since a majority of Americans truly shared a common interest. Maybe a short period after 9/11, until the nonsensical “war on terror” fully blossomed. Can the MAGA folks glue a new one together? I’m betting the under.

I'm not sure this was ever true that the majority of Americans shared a common interest, except for the most basic (which would still be true today). We tend to simplify and idealize the past.

I disagree. I grew up in the 70’s and remember that it was pretty cohesive with a shared culture and Christianity was the dominant religion (even with the wretched hippies). It was starting to change though slowly picking up steam as demographics started watering down the culture.

Tough to judge the time you grew up in. The world of a child is small. I suppose it all depends on how specifically you mean cohesive. You say Christian, but I am given to understand that the catholic protestant divide was considered huge for most of American history. It might only have been when people turned their backs on organized religion that most of us started to think of them as a common thing.

The Waltons was a series that had no qualms about praying or referencing Christianity. Admittedly things were starting to unravel but it was slow. You can tell a lot by looking at what was on media. Mostly straight arrow stuff until the late 70’s. Even looking at old films of the 40’s referenced a cohesive distinct culture.