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I think this sort of thing comes as a surprise to more left leaning people who still hold on to the 1960s stereotype that they have a monopoly on all the cool a
by betwixthewires 5y ago
I think this sort of thing comes as a surprise to more left leaning people who still hold on to the 1960s stereotype that they have a monopoly on all the cool and interesting things.
- giraffe_lady 5y agoMy guess is it's just the habit of jamming everything into the rigid left-right dichotomy demanded by the american two party system. Very very many trends and inclinations in the US don't line up well with a purely left/right alignment. Or a progressive/conservative one, which is often used interchangeably, but doing that is throwing away layers that could help with understanding rightward hippies, black hebrew israelites, other groups that just don't fit cleanly into a "left" or a "right" of anything.
- dTal 5y agoWell, it's a global phenomenon, as noted in the introductory paragraphs of TFA. But delete "demanded by the american two party system" and "in the US" and your comment is perfectly valid globally. You needn't artificially restrict your scope :)
- giraffe_lady 5y agoI was restricting it only to assertions I'm confident about. It may be largely true elsewhere but I've learned to be really careful on HN. If there is a counterexample anywhere it will be used to attempt to dismiss any point you're making. That aside, I do think having having two permanent political parties reinforces this way of thinking. The US isn't the only place with that setup but it's the only one I'm very familiar with the culture of.