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In the far-left worldview, all society-scale problems can be traced to the moral turpitude of straight white men.

damnyou 7y ago
Not all of them. but a big chunk, yes. It's not specific to straight white men — if it were, say, straight Japanese men ruling the world then the blame would be laid on them. Ultimately, the left view is largely correct, which is why I'm on the left.
minikites 7y ago
They're overwhelmingly represented in positions of power so yes, it is them causing the problems, by definition.
- merpnderp 7y ago
  If you believe that, you’re believing in straight up racism.
  - minikites 7y ago
    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/08/women-leaders-around-the-world/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/08/women-leade... https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/21/2018s-fortune-500-companies-have-just-24-female-ceos.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/21/2018s-fortune-500-companies-... https://fortune.com/2017/06/09/white-men-senior-executives-fortune-500-companies-diversity-data/ https://fortune.com/2017/06/09/white-men-senior-executives-f...
- dmix 7y ago
  Just to he clear, you think that is a central cause of most the problems in society? I get the whole equity of opportunities argument, there's some legitimate grievances there. Where you people lose me is when it gets into vindictive and punitive territory by working against anyone successful for some vague and needlessly destructive form of 'progress.' I'd much rather the world lifts themselves up together instead of punishing and destroying our way to equity of outcomes, which usually means everyone being worse-off. Meanwhile no one gives a shit about the 93% male/7% female workplace death rates in these conversations. Neither of which sounds very pro-worker to me.
  - minikites 7y ago
    I'm not saying "the problems exist because they are white", I'm saying "they are in power, they have the responsibility to address these problems, they are not addressing these problems, therefore it is directly their fault these problems still exist".

Not all of them. but a big chunk, yes. It's not specific to straight white men — if it were, say, straight Japanese men ruling the world then the blame would be laid on them. Ultimately, the left view is largely correct, which is why I'm on the left.

minikites 7y ago

They're overwhelmingly represented in positions of power so yes, it is them causing the problems, by definition.

merpnderp 7y ago
If you believe that, you’re believing in straight up racism.
- minikites 7y ago
  https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/08/women-leaders-around-the-world/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/08/women-leade... https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/21/2018s-fortune-500-companies-have-just-24-female-ceos.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/21/2018s-fortune-500-companies-... https://fortune.com/2017/06/09/white-men-senior-executives-fortune-500-companies-diversity-data/ https://fortune.com/2017/06/09/white-men-senior-executives-f...
dmix 7y ago
Just to he clear, you think that is a central cause of most the problems in society? I get the whole equity of opportunities argument, there's some legitimate grievances there. Where you people lose me is when it gets into vindictive and punitive territory by working against anyone successful for some vague and needlessly destructive form of 'progress.' I'd much rather the world lifts themselves up together instead of punishing and destroying our way to equity of outcomes, which usually means everyone being worse-off. Meanwhile no one gives a shit about the 93% male/7% female workplace death rates in these conversations. Neither of which sounds very pro-worker to me.
- minikites 7y ago
  I'm not saying "the problems exist because they are white", I'm saying "they are in power, they have the responsibility to address these problems, they are not addressing these problems, therefore it is directly their fault these problems still exist".