tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post4185835403873938376..comments2024-03-17T00:23:24.896-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Sensible Identities versus Insane Identity PoliticsLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-3961654651826807792016-09-30T03:11:39.442-07:002016-09-30T03:11:39.442-07:00Identity politics is certainly as stupid as you sa...Identity politics is certainly as stupid as you say. But is it really of powerfull trend (I mean outside some humnanities faculties) ?<br />As for mutliculturalism what does it mean beside fuzzy justification for open borders (that are actually bad)?<br />The "-ism" here is rather misleading I think. Neoliberalism or imperialism for example refer not only to a set of tenets but also to real political agenda being carried out. Whereas multiculturalism refers to an academic gibberish, sometimes used to cover up the violent process of globalisation ("free" international movement of labor, capital and commodities, destroying what little say the workers once had in the functionning of the economy).GLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04372485857847843352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-61489575519467774412016-09-27T06:07:04.068-07:002016-09-27T06:07:04.068-07:00Correction: "I'll also say that class war...Correction: "I'll also say that class war attitudes can be and are equally divisive from one class to another."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-54802166936897752852016-09-27T05:07:36.886-07:002016-09-27T05:07:36.886-07:00Not sure I'd entirely agree on this one. Natio...Not sure I'd entirely agree on this one. Nationalism can be equally as divisive, if not more, than any dogma. Just look at the Khmer Rouge, Tito in his treatment of the Serbs, and North Korea as examples apart from the obvious one. Obviously these are extremes, but I can distinguish between patriotism and nationalism. De Gaulle put it best : "Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first, Nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first." I find the cultural relativists and SJWs as tragic as you do (a guest on a Joe rogan podcast talked about someone who came to the interesting conclusion that Star Wars was racist because of Vader being black, I kid you not) but I don't think either extreme has a monopoly on craziness. I'll also say that although class war attitudes can be, and are, equally divisive, from any class to another. Just because Marxism / communism criticises hard line neo liberalism doesn't lead to "enemy of my enemy = friend", likewise for thatcherite attitudes towards Marxist Leninist regimes. Mixed economies with balanced social liberalism and opportunities and input from both blue collar and white collar workers (like in Italy's automobile industry and "social corporatism" in Sweden) are the answer IMO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com