npub1trdnqrfstufc45awha43p6xy2n0v6czuhapzh4r09hap08dg0c6s9gussx (npub1trd…ussx)
Here in the US,
Occupy was actively squashed by the state, while the Tea Party movement was allowed
to flourish and gather crazy conspiracy theories to itself. Like:
the Obama is a foreign Muslim conspiracy theory, Pizza Gate, and eventually
Qanon. The algorithms of Facebook and Youtube helped these things spread.
Add a crazy fascist politician whose rise to power was directly enabled
by corporate media in search of attention dollars.
Then there's the inept Democratic party which has repeatedly failed
to inspire people or make any systemic change.
Here in the US, we have two parties spouting an identity
politics line. On the Democratic side, it's about minority identities
or oppressed identities. On the Republican side, it's about white
identity, narrowly defined Christian values, whatever.
So everything has devolved into culture war.
Nobody at all is speaking a clearly universalist message, and whenever
anyone does, they get crushed. See "We are the 99%",
a universal message.
The universalist answer to identity politics is human rights. That doesn't
mean we don't talk about things like race, or gender, or sexual orientation,
or disability, or whatever. It doesn't mean we minimize them.
But the basic message needs to be universal human rights, not "vote for me
because you're in <insert name of identity group> and I'm your defender".
chris /
npub1cf…fmm05
2023-07-29 10:56:44
in reply to nevent1q…5kv6
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