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It sucks for people who sincerely want to endeavor for good, but I don't see any of that happening in the culture war sphere. The entire thing runs on invented
by unconed 4y ago
It sucks for people who sincerely want to endeavor for good, but I don't see any of that happening in the culture war sphere. The entire thing runs on invented grievances, word games, abusive power plays and historical original sin.
I also don't see any evidence that it's actually helping the people that activists invariably speak on behalf of.
A movement doesn't have to consist of mostly dishonorable liars to be invalid. It can simply be based on terminally bad epistemology. Like the idea that the only reason people would disagree is because they are privileged. It creates self reinforcing loops that become allergic to facts.
(Funny example: the idea of racial reparations recently popped up again in the Netherlands... except... the country already paid reparations when Suriname became independent.)
- jquery 4y ago>“The entire thing runs on invented grievances, word games, abusive power plays and historical original sin.” You’re talking about modern conservative ideology here, right? Fits Trump and DeSantis to a perfect T. I agree, it’s based on terminally bad epistemology that exists to justify existing biases and keep us fighting with each other instead of taking on the wealthy oligarchs who “own” everything.