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Which is why generating a sense of racial grievance in their electorate is such a powerful and dangerous tool for populists both left and right.
by noduerme 4y ago
Which is why generating a sense of racial grievance in their electorate is such a powerful and dangerous tool for populists both left and right.
- colpabar 4y agoYep, and look how well it's working. We've gone from occupy wall st, which was about ultra-extreme-unbelievably-rich vs everyone else, to the "culture war", which is everyone except the ultra rich vs each other. I hate it so much.
- noduerme 4y agoThis. The sleight of hand that replaced class awareness with false awareness based on race is all you need to know about where progressive politics diverged radically from the traditional liberal left in the past decade. This is poison for the Democratic party and for workers' rights. It's pretty much the hitlerian model of substituting racial groups and racial strife as a corporatist placebo for class awareness to keep the masses atomized and confused.