DivineChaos100 [none/use name] to

the_dunk_tank • 11 months ago

Identity Politics Is a Poor Substitute for Socialism

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Identity Politics Is a Poor Substitute for Socialism

DivineChaos100 [none/use name] to

the_dunk_tank • 11 months ago

In No Politics but Class Politics, Walter Benn Michaels and Adolph Reed show how an identity politics that obscures class politics and ignores economic inequality only makes the many miseries around us worse.

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GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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11 months ago
Hasn't this been solved already? Don't be a lib and also being a bigot isn't leftist?

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- DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
  hexagon
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  11 months ago
  Not in Adolph's mind.
  
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