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I was definitely disappointed in that as well. The whole thing soured me on politics, in general, other than on a metapolitical / observational level. What has
by rgrieselhuber 4y ago
I was definitely disappointed in that as well. The whole thing soured me on politics, in general, other than on a metapolitical / observational level.
What has been strange to witness, in my view, is how the left was indeed radicalized during these years but, if anything, they seem to have moved in this weird direction of being part of the machinery of the establishment vs. their historical stance of being decidedly the opposite (at least in my view).
The other weirdness between the left and the right is the pretension that the core of either party are actually going to do anything for their respective bases vs. just continue to do whatever it takes to perpetuate their own power / positions, and yet neither side can see beyond this to find what is likely a great deal of common ground.
- anigbrowl 4y agoIn any radical politics there's a dynamic tension between the pure principle-driven action and the pragmatic-systematic option of leveraging the existing political or legal infrastructure, and trying to maintain enough respectability to gain authority without becoming disconnected from your motivating principles. It's demoralizing from a civic idealism standpoint, but I've found that looking at it from a resource mobilization perspective make it easier - albeit at the price of sometimes feeling cynical or callous.