Can definitely see that. When I was a younger college student and involved in faggy left wing politics (about 10 years ago), I remember things like income inequality, housing issues/homelessness and water taxes being the things that lefties were clamouring on about and fighting for.
Though I've not been a leftist for some time I still talk to some of my lefty friends from time to time and yeah nowadays it's all about hardcore feminism, LGBT crap, "stomping Nazis" and literally physically fighting in favour of turdworld immigrants. Identity politics is what it's all about now. Some of these friends (I can barely stomach them these days tbh) think white supremacy is the greatest threat to the world.
Now that you say it I've definitely seen infographs that show a huge increase in the frequency of words like "racism" and "whiteness" being used by journalists and media outlets, in the years following Occupy Wall Street.
Happens on the left and the right. The fringe movements either get co-opted (like the Tea Party) or shifted to other topics less threatening. Sometimes, the astro-turfing is so obvious you want to cry. Do you think the average middle-class republican gave a shit about inheritance taxes (the death tax) until it was pushed on them that it was the most important thing to repeal back in about 2002 or so by George W. Bush?
I'm not saying there is a uni-party...I would take republicans over the democrats in office any day of the week, but the way our opinions get manipulated is scary.
I will give it to Trump, though. He read what the people wanted, rather than the elites. One example is control of immigration, and he shifted the Overton Window towards no amnesty. Before Trump, they were fairly close to giving us amnesty.
Can definitely see that. When I was a younger college student and involved in faggy left wing politics (about 10 years ago), I remember things like income inequality, housing issues/homelessness and water taxes being the things that lefties were clamouring on about and fighting for.
Though I've not been a leftist for some time I still talk to some of my lefty friends from time to time and yeah nowadays it's all about hardcore feminism, LGBT crap, "stomping Nazis" and literally physically fighting in favour of turdworld immigrants. Identity politics is what it's all about now. Some of these friends (I can barely stomach them these days tbh) think white supremacy is the greatest threat to the world.
Now that you say it I've definitely seen infographs that show a huge increase in the frequency of words like "racism" and "whiteness" being used by journalists and media outlets, in the years following Occupy Wall Street.
Happens on the left and the right. The fringe movements either get co-opted (like the Tea Party) or shifted to other topics less threatening. Sometimes, the astro-turfing is so obvious you want to cry. Do you think the average middle-class republican gave a shit about inheritance taxes (the death tax) until it was pushed on them that it was the most important thing to repeal back in about 2002 or so by George W. Bush?
I'm not saying there is a uni-party...I would take republicans over the democrats in office any day of the week, but the way our opinions get manipulated is scary.
I will give it to Trump, though. He read what the people wanted, rather than the elites. One example is control of immigration, and he shifted the Overton Window towards no amnesty. Before Trump, they were fairly close to giving us amnesty.