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Trumps identity politics is reactionary in nature, itself being developed as a right wing response to the dominance of left identity politics that have been slo
by penguintester 6y ago
Trumps identity politics is reactionary in nature, itself being developed as a right wing response to the dominance of left identity politics that have been slowly creeping into mainstream culture since Obama (although you can probably trace the roots to Clinton).
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoWhite identity was certainly a thing long before Obama or Clinton or even Kennedy. This was not an invention of the left.
- dalbasal 6y agoIsn't everything in "cultural" politics reactionary? Civil rights to segregation. Neoliberalism to libertarianism, etc. What does something being reactionary actually tell us about the thing. In a sense, most campaigns are reactionary. They focus on FUDing the opposition more than positively promoting themselves. IMO, reactionary is more descriptive of political climates than movements. When antagonism is a primary/defining motivator, all reactionary cliches show up. There are, obviously, movements than lean in.