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I've heard the point made that the Democrat's identity politics caused the Trumpian identity politics as a backslash. If topics are frequently about solving iss

I've heard the point made that the Democrat's identity politics caused the Trumpian identity politics as a backslash. If topics are frequently about solving issues for groups that are explicitly different from you, you get framed as the problem and frequently even prohibited from having a voice backslash is inevitable especially by people who don't agree with the problem statement in the first place. That approach is not a productive way to have any discussion.

dragonwriter 9y ago
> I've heard the point made that the Democrat's identity politics caused the Trumpian identity politics as a backslash. Well, it's true that white identity politics in the US was a response to abolitionism and the upswing since the mid-20th century a response to the civil Rights movement, and the Republican Partt embrace of white identity politics a direct response to LBJs embrace of civil rights, so there's a long term historical sense where (accounting for the flip in party positions over history) that's true. More immediately, Trumpian identity politics is more a direct reaction to neoliberal globalism with a rhetorical veneer directed at Democratic identity politics. On the other hand, Democratic identity politics are currently the major distraction from the fact that the dominant Democratic faction is dedicated primarily to neoliberal globalism, so there is that.
marcosdumay 9y ago
> the Democrat's identity politics caused the Trumpian identity politics as a backslash Trump's campaign made sure to groom this backslash and harvest the maximum amount of polarization from it. As did Hillary's campaign on the other side. The next step in "bettering society" seems to be creating some kind of resistance towards that thing.