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What do you mean by "identity politics" in this context? What does identity politics have to do with gun laws, for example?
by Miner49er 7y ago
What do you mean by "identity politics" in this context? What does identity politics have to do with gun laws, for example?
- AMerrit 7y ago"Gun Owner" is a way people self identify and cling to in a very irrational way. At least I assume that's what they are talking about.
- zepto 7y agoI think it’s the media that identifies the group ‘gun owners’ more than individuals do.
- bluetomcat 7y agoWith respect to gun laws, you identify loosely either as a "Texan farmer who needs guns to protect his farm", or a "student who might become a victim of a crazy classmate", or maybe a gun producer who profits from the sales of guns. The whole political and societal discourse then starts revolving around satisfying the individual interests of these groups, instead of looking at things integrally from a systematic point of view. If you optimise the system from above, you may even avoid the need of having those groups of people in the first place.
- Miner49er 7y agoHow would one look "at things integrally from a systemic point of view" in the case of gun laws?
- bluetomcat 7y agoMaybe by improving the socioeconomic conditions that generate crime in the first place?
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