I think it’s by design. Have the citizenry fight among itself and then it won’t fight those in power. Then big daddy government swoops in with authoritarian powers to keep things under control.
Function of identity politics where statists are concerned is just this: divide and conquer; preclude the working class from thinking about how the ruling elites are destroying their prospects. Conservative populism is the route forward.
Communists always rise by dividing the people, and stay in power by finding new ways to divide people.
100%. Marcuse's Repressive Tolerance: https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/publications/1960s/1965-repressive-tolerance-fulltext.html
I think it’s by design. Have the citizenry fight among itself and then it won’t fight those in power. Then big daddy government swoops in with authoritarian powers to keep things under control.
Function of identity politics where statists are concerned is just this: divide and conquer; preclude the working class from thinking about how the ruling elites are destroying their prospects. Conservative populism is the route forward.