The point of the culture war is to never be won. At least for the Dems and the old Washington Consesus neoliberal crowd. Its just a never ending fundraising drive for the political class, and a never ending slop bucket for the media class. Thats why legal abortion was never codified, or marriage equality, or contraceptive access. Can't fundraise off a battle thats been permanently won, can't use the same talking points, or write the same op eds over and over.

The crypto-fascist Conservative Movement that became the contemperary Republican party was always playing to win though