- 09 Jun 2018 04:22
#14922681
If a significant number of people on the left in the West continue down this road of playing identity politics, intersectional social justice etc they are doomed to lose that fight and it will actually make the causes they want far more difficult to achieve in the medium term and possibly longterm.
Why? Because if these particular leftists continue to retreat into their identity and see themselves and others not as individuals first, but primarily as part of victim/oppressor tribal groups ie: women/men, white/person of colour, gay/straight, and continue to antagonize the "oppressors" (mainly white, straight, often male) with their "demands", these "oppressors", who make up the dominant groups in power, will inevitably retreat into their own tribes (white, western, male etc) in order to defend themselves if that's the game the left forces them to play.
And as dominant groups with the most power & voting population, it will mean intensified political backlash by these groups mainly on the right, as well as some of those traditionally on the left drifting toward the right in order to protect themselves.
We've seen this tribal backlash with Trump, Brexit, and across other western countries in their elections, as "populist" politically incorrect leaders become elected to reform issues on immigration, culture/religion etc. where "white, western, Christian, male etc" identity is threatened.
The left can only win longterm if they remain more subtle & abandon the more radical identity politics for 2-3 more decades until the ethnic demographics of the west have changed so much from immigration/birthrates until they become the majority so they can then assume political power. If not, more rightwing backlash will mean further resistance against immigration in order maintain their own dominance. It could even produce conservative movements for whites to increase their birth rates so immigration isn't needed to sustain western populations.
Why? Because if these particular leftists continue to retreat into their identity and see themselves and others not as individuals first, but primarily as part of victim/oppressor tribal groups ie: women/men, white/person of colour, gay/straight, and continue to antagonize the "oppressors" (mainly white, straight, often male) with their "demands", these "oppressors", who make up the dominant groups in power, will inevitably retreat into their own tribes (white, western, male etc) in order to defend themselves if that's the game the left forces them to play.
And as dominant groups with the most power & voting population, it will mean intensified political backlash by these groups mainly on the right, as well as some of those traditionally on the left drifting toward the right in order to protect themselves.
We've seen this tribal backlash with Trump, Brexit, and across other western countries in their elections, as "populist" politically incorrect leaders become elected to reform issues on immigration, culture/religion etc. where "white, western, Christian, male etc" identity is threatened.
The left can only win longterm if they remain more subtle & abandon the more radical identity politics for 2-3 more decades until the ethnic demographics of the west have changed so much from immigration/birthrates until they become the majority so they can then assume political power. If not, more rightwing backlash will mean further resistance against immigration in order maintain their own dominance. It could even produce conservative movements for whites to increase their birth rates so immigration isn't needed to sustain western populations.