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All politics is identity politics. You can spot the people who function from a position of privilege politically, because they're the ones who think that "ident
by beat 7y ago
All politics is identity politics. You can spot the people who function from a position of privilege politically, because they're the ones who think that "identity politics" is what other people are doing. Privilege is just a consequence of identity.
- deogeo 7y agoI'll bite - how is arguing for or against software patents, identity politics? What about arguing for right to repair? Or trying to abolish anti-circumvention laws? Which political privilege do I have, that prevents me from seeing these as identity politics?
- beat 7y agoGo read the parent to my comment again. I was responding to that parent, not to this detailed question of yours. To answer your question... it doesn't. It isn't a catch-all explanation for every single policy detail. That does not invalidate the generalization, however.
- deogeo 7y agoI think the post you originally replied to was fully aware all the topics they mentioned were identity politics in the US. I understood their complaint as: 1) Almost only issues that are identity politics get discussed in the US. 2) Issues that aren't inherently identity politics (e.g. environmentalism or healthcare) get re-cast as such.
- beat 7y agoTo refine my statement... in a representative democracy, our choice of candidates for representatives is purely identity politics. Better? This doesn't get into details of issues. Our candidates that match our identities have their political inclinations that we probably agree with most of the time, due to our mutual identity.