Rant on identity politics

While I disagree with Andrew Tate style "manosphere" I do think progressive gender politics greatly contributed to the polarization among young people. Contemporary progressivism operates on a strict oppressor-oppressed paradigm. Whites the oppressors, POCs the oppressed. Christians the oppressors. Muslims the oppressed. Israelis the oppressors, Palestinians the oppressed. Straights the oppressors, gays the oppressed. And yes, men the oppressors, women the oppressed. That paradigm leaves no room for nuance and turns off many people, especially those who labeled "oppressors" along several of these lines, e.g. straight white men. No large number of people would be listening to "manosphere influencers" if liberal identity politics hadn't turned large number of men away by treating them with outright scorn. [1] 

 

Had Trump not been elected in 2016 I’d think things would be less polarized. Trump brought populist policies back to American Politics that we haven’t seen in a while. When one side goes this direction the other side responds in the same fashion the other way. Trump’s rhetoric and message is not unifying. It’s powerful, it can rally support, it can win elections and it has led to a shift in our American Political System with the Republican Party rejecting neoliberalism and forming a new coalition of states and groups which would not have happened if Trump was never elected. The Democrats now have to build a similar coalition of states and groups to counter this or their party will break apart like the Whigs did in 1860 before some new party forms to challenge the Republicans. We’ve seen this happen a few times before. No Trump means none of this is possible. Neoliberalism and foreign intervention remains the policy and ideology of both parties. Perhaps we see a shift towards an isolationist/America First ideology like in our timeline but it happens much more gradually and slowly. Neoliberalism dies a slow and painful death opposed to Trump just outright killing it over a 8 year period. [2]  

 

 

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/decadeology/comments/1khglxd/comment/mravx7v/?utm_name=web3xcss 

 

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/decadeology/comments/1h2thcz/comment/lzluppe/?utm_name=web3xcss