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> I'm hesitant to even admit that far-left politics are more accepted Yea, I should have been more specific, it depends heavily on the circles you run in. > I
by edrxty 6y ago
> I'm hesitant to even admit that far-left politics are more accepted
Yea, I should have been more specific, it depends heavily on the circles you run in.
> It's frustrating, because I think that the left should chill out with the identity politics
It seems to me like this is not uncommon. There's a lot of oneupmanship in politics where whoever is the most rigid and unyielding to complexity in their belief system is the most worshiped because people can't distinguish a rigid ideology from an internally consistent one. On the left this results in constant twitter mobs and on the right it results in capitol mobs.
That said, while it makes an easy target for the right to rally around, if that were to go away, the reality distortion field would just target the next-lowest hanging fruit.
- shakezula 6y ago> the reality distortion field would just target the next-lowest hanging fruit. social media in a nutshell, unfortunately. > people can't distinguish a rigid ideology from an internally consistent one. I think this is one of the things people like about Bernie, tbh. I think his consistent and reliable world view (and voting record to match) is why he's been so successful. It's just sad that he's not the standard. It feels like even when we "win" (air quotes are doing a lot of work ehre) e.g. Joe Biden or something, the goal posts get pushed and somehow all of a sudden it was catching an L when Biden won? The recurring theme in American politics, to me, is that the right falls in line and votes, the left eats their own. I keep seeing it right now and I'm worried we won't hold it together in 2022 or 2024.