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I might make an argument that we decided to sidestep fights over class equity for things like sexual and racial equity. That suits the powers that be better. Be
by Gibbon1 3y ago
I might make an argument that we decided to sidestep fights over class equity for things like sexual and racial equity. That suits the powers that be better. Because now the lower classes are arguing about status instead of their share of the pie.
- thereticent 3y agoI'd respond that there are many academic (and non-academic) intellectual activists that argue exactly that.
- Guvante 3y agoSexual and racial equality are lenses to show that the supposed meritocracy of Capitalism is bogus. After all if Capitalism can't ignore things that don't impact profits how can it be the perfect equalizer it supposedly is? Unfortunately the money spent by think tanks to prop up Capitalism is vast.