syster wrote
Reply to comment by Tequilx_Wolf in Systemic cooption of liberal identity politics as demonstrated almost to the point of parody in this CIA recruitment ad by Tequilx_Wolf
that's a sign that these politics not only don't have any teeth for us, but they are a key part of maintaining the current order.
I agree that identity politics is flawed, but I don't follow the causality that because the CIA is coopting it, it is a sign to be a key of maintaining order. In order to maintain order, you are simply forced to make 1. compromise, 2. win a debate/use enough force or 3. be annihilated. They lost the second but obvious still wish to maintain order, and being annihilated isn't an option to them.
Tequilx_Wolf OP wrote
If it wasn't clear, I was taking issue with liberal identity politics.
I don't think I agree with the rest of what you said, but I didn't understand it fully either.
syster wrote
ok gotcha. I usually see "identity politics" here used to be an euphemism for "liberal identity politics", so I falsely assumed this to be true here as well.
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