Thanks, Steve. I wrote an essay exploring the origins of "woke" and authoritarianism on the left (unfortunately I think they've now put it behind a paywall: wetheblacksheep.com/p/g…), however, I hadn't considered the National Socialistic Party. Interesting!
Thanks, Steve. I wrote an essay exploring the origins of "woke" and authoritarianism on the left (unfortunately I think they've now put it behind a paywall: https://www.wetheblacksheep.com/p/griftivism-how-activists-profit-off), however, I hadn't considered the National Socialistic Party. Interesting!
If you go back to the 1920s and 1930s, many of the tactics used by the authoritarian left are strikingly similar to those used by the NSDAP during and after their rise to power. Switch a few words around, and many of the slogans and talking points used by the authoritarian Left could easily come from Goebbles. These are essentially movements founded in identity politics, and both identify specific groups (based entirely on their origins) as being evil or somehow debased and a menace to their idea of society.
Frankly, like Alex, I think class is a much more valuable basis for discussion, since poor is poor regardless of what identity label you want to slap on people who are poor.
If you can ever access an article by George Packard in the Atlantic (I can't remember the name of it right now) in which he translates a paragraph or two from a novel about an poor Indian family into DEI language. It's hilarious, depressing, and accurate. Poor people know they are poor, whatever you choose to call it.
Thanks, Steve. I wrote an essay exploring the origins of "woke" and authoritarianism on the left (unfortunately I think they've now put it behind a paywall: https://www.wetheblacksheep.com/p/griftivism-how-activists-profit-off), however, I hadn't considered the National Socialistic Party. Interesting!
If you go back to the 1920s and 1930s, many of the tactics used by the authoritarian left are strikingly similar to those used by the NSDAP during and after their rise to power. Switch a few words around, and many of the slogans and talking points used by the authoritarian Left could easily come from Goebbles. These are essentially movements founded in identity politics, and both identify specific groups (based entirely on their origins) as being evil or somehow debased and a menace to their idea of society.
Frankly, like Alex, I think class is a much more valuable basis for discussion, since poor is poor regardless of what identity label you want to slap on people who are poor.
Thanks, Steve. Really informative. Yes, on class, I totally agree.
Agreed.
If you can ever access an article by George Packard in the Atlantic (I can't remember the name of it right now) in which he translates a paragraph or two from a novel about an poor Indian family into DEI language. It's hilarious, depressing, and accurate. Poor people know they are poor, whatever you choose to call it.