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Those aren't progressive positions at all, those are internet bred radical identity politics issues that have nothing to do with progressivism, and stem out of
by prolikewh0a 8y ago
Those aren't progressive positions at all, those are internet bred radical identity politics issues that have nothing to do with progressivism, and stem out of liberalism which is meant to further divide the country. Most people on the true left wouldn't identify with those positions.
Edit: People downvoting need to look at a political spectrum of the left and research the viewpoints of progressive, democratic socialist, and socialist individuals in history. They would all denounce these radical identity politics positions as liberalism that don't end up helping anyone in any way -- especially joining together the working class. This only splits the working class. Identity politics is liberalism and liberalism is very close to centrism, not left politics.
>On Thursday, March 14, 78 “non-black” leaders traveled to Atlanta from 17 states for a planning meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign Steering Committee. They came from Native American, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and white communities, representing 53 organizations. “It has been one of my dreams that we would come together,” King told the gathering. Their “declaration of unanimous support” for the Poor People’s Campaign, writes Stewart Burns, was “a breakthrough of major proportions, the high point of the entire campaign.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/mlk-last-march/555953/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/mlk-las...
Fred Hampton on Race: https://youtu.be/fJSqZrVjDds?t=1m14s https://youtu.be/fJSqZrVjDds?t=1m14s
Identity Politics is incompatible with progressive or further left politics.
- giantsloth 8y agoOf course a true leftist comment gets downvotes by a bunch of libertarian “classic Liberal” centrist cucked programmer bros. The petty bourgeoisie doing what it does, dismantling America in the name of centrist nonsense that only helps to make them feel more logical and “fair” while screwing over working class Americans.