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It's been odd to see my own reaction and that of my friends to the move of the left towards solely social justice issues in the last few weeks. I've been talkin

It's been odd to see my own reaction and that of my friends to the move of the left towards solely social justice issues in the last few weeks. I've been talking to friends and we all dislike the inane focus on "white fragility", wokeness and performative activism in the form of posting your reading on Instagram. The democratic party's lack of interest in doing anything meaningful is pushing people away - Hopefully liberaltarians form a new party of some sort and break the logjam of the two party system. It's what we sorely need right now.

0xy 6y ago
If I was voting on social justice lines, I don't think I'd be voting for the party behind the 1994 Crime Bill, massive surveillance expansions and the sale of military weapons and vehicles to police forces [1] [2] [3] [4]. [1] https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/12/police-departments-1033-military-equipment-weapons/ https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/12/police-departments-10... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_on_mass_surveillance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_on_mass_surveilla... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act#Legacy_and_impacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_... [4] https://www.insidesources.com/joe-bidens-record-on-privacy-may-give-democrats-pause/ https://www.insidesources.com/joe-bidens-record-on-privacy-m...
DebtDeflation 6y ago
>the inane focus on "white fragility" The author of this book is a white lady who uses the book as a marketing tool to sell her diversity training and consulting services to corporations. I'm not making a value judgement on that, but I think it's important information to have. There's a reason why big companies across the country latched onto that particular book, it was tailor made for them.
- omosubi 6y ago
  Yeah exactly, the whole thing is a charade. Want to see white fragility? Ask CEOs to release compensation numbers for all their employees or provide health/dental/vision insurance for retail workers or any number of things that actually improve people's lives.

0xy 6y ago

If I was voting on social justice lines, I don't think I'd be voting for the party behind the 1994 Crime Bill, massive surveillance expansions and the sale of military weapons and vehicles to police forces [1] [2] [3] [4]. [1] https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/12/police-departments-1033-military-equipment-weapons/ https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/12/police-departments-10... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_on_mass_surveillance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_on_mass_surveilla... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act#Legacy_and_impacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_... [4] https://www.insidesources.com/joe-bidens-record-on-privacy-may-give-democrats-pause/ https://www.insidesources.com/joe-bidens-record-on-privacy-m...

DebtDeflation 6y ago

>the inane focus on "white fragility" The author of this book is a white lady who uses the book as a marketing tool to sell her diversity training and consulting services to corporations. I'm not making a value judgement on that, but I think it's important information to have. There's a reason why big companies across the country latched onto that particular book, it was tailor made for them.

omosubi 6y ago
Yeah exactly, the whole thing is a charade. Want to see white fragility? Ask CEOs to release compensation numbers for all their employees or provide health/dental/vision insurance for retail workers or any number of things that actually improve people's lives.