There is much that is objectionable about the woke left's criticism of individualism and its embrace of monolithic racial, ethnic and gender identity groups.
However, it beggars belief to assert, as the authors do, that:
"[T]he 'tribe of one' ideology is a major contributor to loneliness and poor mental health. Several studies have shown a…
There is much that is objectionable about the woke left's criticism of individualism and its embrace of monolithic racial, ethnic and gender identity groups.
However, it beggars belief to assert, as the authors do, that:
"[T]he 'tribe of one' ideology is a major contributor to loneliness and poor mental health. Several studies have shown a consistent pattern wherein conservatives report better mental health than liberals."
This highly reductionist analysis is oblivious to the many other variables that can determine whether someone is struggling with loneliness and mental health problems. Common sense suggests that the "tribe of one" ideology is not nearly sufficiently pervasive among American liberals to cause a measurable degradation in their mental health. I submit that it takes effort and even intentionality to tap into the woke identitarian discourse, and that most liberals are unfamiliar with the particulars.
For one thing, the liberals who are most likely to think of themselves as, say, "members of the (insert name of marginalized identity group) community" constitute about less than half - 40 percent - of Democratic voters., according to Pew. Again, though, there really is no way of knowing whether four out of ten Dems are lonely and mentally unwell because of their embrace of identity politics. To rule out other causal factors more research is required.
There is much that is objectionable about the woke left's criticism of individualism and its embrace of monolithic racial, ethnic and gender identity groups.
However, it beggars belief to assert, as the authors do, that:
"[T]he 'tribe of one' ideology is a major contributor to loneliness and poor mental health. Several studies have shown a consistent pattern wherein conservatives report better mental health than liberals."
This highly reductionist analysis is oblivious to the many other variables that can determine whether someone is struggling with loneliness and mental health problems. Common sense suggests that the "tribe of one" ideology is not nearly sufficiently pervasive among American liberals to cause a measurable degradation in their mental health. I submit that it takes effort and even intentionality to tap into the woke identitarian discourse, and that most liberals are unfamiliar with the particulars.
For one thing, the liberals who are most likely to think of themselves as, say, "members of the (insert name of marginalized identity group) community" constitute about less than half - 40 percent - of Democratic voters., according to Pew. Again, though, there really is no way of knowing whether four out of ten Dems are lonely and mentally unwell because of their embrace of identity politics. To rule out other causal factors more research is required.