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Capitalism is on its last legs so it is doing whatever it can to sow divisions. That's what this "overcorrection" is about: taking justified grievances and real
by ltae 5y ago
Capitalism is on its last legs so it is doing whatever it can to sow divisions. That's what this "overcorrection" is about: taking justified grievances and real social problems (e.g., campus rape, racial injustice) and turning them into political wedges that turn working people against each other. Concern for the actual victims of injustice gets lost in the mudslinging.
The "Red" flavor is Trumpism (braindead white revanchism), the "Blue" flavor is ultra-woke virtue signaling, and they're both corporate-sponsored products designed to prevent working people from realizing that they have more in common-- including a shared justified animosity toward the corporate elite ("bourgeoisie")-- than apart.
- elzbardico 5y agoWhile I don't fully agree with you, it is annoying that your comment is being down-voted instead of argued with.
- rtikulit 5y agoI pretty much agree with you, but not because I think that "capitalism" is a thing with agency, or its agents are pursuing this as an explicit strategy. I think unrestrained capitalism progressively optimizes away people's options and choices--the means by which people find identity, fulfilment and meaning. It slowly reduces human meaning and purpose to "net present value". People who are denied good options will get very creative and specialized in their search for personal meaning, and they aren't going to be fair and balanced in the process. I like capitalism very much, as a practical economic mechanism. I don't much like it as a governing principle or absolute virtue.