"I don’t understand why so many people think the stupid culture war stuff is the most important political issue"
For the record, that's not what I think. Identity politics is a rebranding of a familiar, lethal trope. It is not symbolic. Its purpose is the transfer of wellbeing.
For the record, that's not what I think. Identity politics is a rebranding of a familiar, lethal trope. It is not symbolic. Its purpose is the transfer of wellbeing.
The "game" is to target people who have some wealth and status, but who not have a means to defend it, and to transfer enough of it to the masses to appease them, so they don't go after their actual oppressors. That's why the DNC has gone woke. They're protecting their clients.
The harm that can come from this play is virtually unlimited. It could make white-ethno-naionalism mainstream. It could spark a depression (or worse). It could start a civil war. The most likely outcome is that it reelects President Trump, and that carries all sorts of risks.
If this was about symbolism, it would still be wrong, but I would engage and attempt to persuade. If you followed the Evergreen story, you have seen me do that and know it is my instinct. But on the national stage has devastating potential. It is upstream of everything.
