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Did we read the same article? She's not condemning all left-wing activism. From the article: > My current political worldview falls under the umbrella of lefti
by neilk 12y ago
Did we read the same article? She's not condemning all left-wing activism. From the article:
> My current political worldview falls under the umbrella of leftism [...] What I feel compelled to criticize is only one very specific political phenomenon, one particular incarnation of radical leftist, anti-oppressive politics.
Furthermore she points to concrete political action as the way out. Again, from the article:
> Treat the pursuit of the best kind of society as an engineering problem. Think about specific, concrete proposals. Would they actually work?
BTW, I'm very familiar with the kind of cultish activism that can consume the lives of young people -- indeed from her description, it seems to have hardly changed since I was a student in Montreal. McGill is perhaps at an unusual nexus, because many students there are from comfortable backgrounds in English Canada, but are suddenly ensconced in a province with a different activist tradition, that's far more left-wing.