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> dim lens of class, gender, and race struggles To call something as broad and all-pervading as "class, gender, and race struggles" a "dim lens", as if it's lo
by monadgonad 8y ago
> dim lens of class, gender, and race struggles
To call something as broad and all-pervading as "class, gender, and race struggles" a "dim lens", as if it's looking at life from the specific interest of a very small group, is laughably myopic.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoIt is also myopic to have "class, gender, and race struggles" as the only lens you can view life through. I suspect that's judah's criticism of Jacobin.
- monadgonad 8y agoThat's a fair argument. I do think it's absolutely an appropriate lens for this issue but can see why someone like judah might find it grating.
- judah 8y agoIt's a dim lens because it's a poor way of looking at the world; most things in life are not class/gender/race struggles. :-) Jacobin says parents telling their children to use their time wisely is actually a class/gender/race struggle. They are seeing darkness where there is none. What a sad worldview.