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I'm from Europe so genuine question: Is it correct that this is a very loud but tiny group (like 1%)? Or is this group becoming big (like 20%)?

throwawaysea 6y ago
It’s becoming big, especially because the previously tiny group managed to inject their views into everything from corporate hiring practices to school curriculums. So young people get indoctrinated with this way of thinking early, and by the time they’re college age, it is all they are surrounded by. And activists / proponents of these views are so hostile to any other way of thinking that any attempt to oppose it will be shut down, using aggressive dirty tactics if needed (like disrupting a speaker on a college campus or deplatforming on social media). Because enough people have become victims of this (a phenomenon known as “cancel culture”) many who disagree with these ideas don’t speak up for fear of being fired or shamed or ostracized. Another avenue by which the group size is being increased is through organized groups like unions or nonprofits. For example the National Educators Union (NEA) is the largest labor union in the US, and organizes teachers. They’ve adopted, due to the focused activism of that tiny loud group, all these same principles as their guidance and standards for their member teachers to follow. You can see quickly how this adds up to one set of ideas being amplified and everything else shutdown, society-wide. The result is that younger generations in the US are much more left leaning, particularly in terms of being “woke”, and they have a lot less diversity of ideas and opinions that they’re exposed to. This is reflected in political polls by age groups. And it isn’t restricted to any one location either, because groups like the NEA implement those changes nationwide. So the lunacy we see in SF does change the rest of the country, and it will change the world. If I were a European I would definitely view American universities, news media, entertainment, and companies (particularly tech) with a lot of suspicion because of how much power they wield and how easily they can shape the culture and opinions of other countries. You see it already, with how progressive American activism is projected around the world through the Internet.

throwawaysea 6y ago

It’s becoming big, especially because the previously tiny group managed to inject their views into everything from corporate hiring practices to school curriculums. So young people get indoctrinated with this way of thinking early, and by the time they’re college age, it is all they are surrounded by. And activists / proponents of these views are so hostile to any other way of thinking that any attempt to oppose it will be shut down, using aggressive dirty tactics if needed (like disrupting a speaker on a college campus or deplatforming on social media). Because enough people have become victims of this (a phenomenon known as “cancel culture”) many who disagree with these ideas don’t speak up for fear of being fired or shamed or ostracized. Another avenue by which the group size is being increased is through organized groups like unions or nonprofits. For example the National Educators Union (NEA) is the largest labor union in the US, and organizes teachers. They’ve adopted, due to the focused activism of that tiny loud group, all these same principles as their guidance and standards for their member teachers to follow. You can see quickly how this adds up to one set of ideas being amplified and everything else shutdown, society-wide. The result is that younger generations in the US are much more left leaning, particularly in terms of being “woke”, and they have a lot less diversity of ideas and opinions that they’re exposed to. This is reflected in political polls by age groups. And it isn’t restricted to any one location either, because groups like the NEA implement those changes nationwide. So the lunacy we see in SF does change the rest of the country, and it will change the world. If I were a European I would definitely view American universities, news media, entertainment, and companies (particularly tech) with a lot of suspicion because of how much power they wield and how easily they can shape the culture and opinions of other countries. You see it already, with how progressive American activism is projected around the world through the Internet.