it had me in the first part when I thought it was about the Uvalde shooting, but no of course not. Events like at Uvalde are now normalised
it had me in the first part when I thought it was about the Uvalde shooting, but no of course not. Events like at Uvalde are now normalised
Politics and material conditions have been successfully separated
This isn't really an example of that given this person and their parents are probably comfortably rich.
It kinda fits no? Like liberals think Trump hearings are going to bring political change, hearings that have no material elements to them (like I dunno affordable housing could)
I think poor people still see politics materially. They're only separate to comfortable people, who they've always been separate for. That's not something new, not even new because of capitalism generally. All the lofty word salad of wealthy people's political views has existed probably since feudalism and all that. The whole "liberalism" thing is basically exactly that. And the "freedom and democracy" propaganda of the US is that too, as opposed to material things like "self-determination for oppressed peoples" that the USSR championed. And fascist rhetoric is all about symbolism and vibes instead of material things too. That's like the #1 thing about non-communist propaganda, it's all vibes-based instead of addressing people's needs (which is the exact thing it's trying to avoid).
Maybe it's more accurate to say that the understanding of material conditions and politics have been separated (for a good number of people)
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