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Identity Politics

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Here is what is damaging to the left-wing progressive movements - a continued obsession with identity politics. By that, I mean a tribalism within ethnic groups, genders, sexual orientations, etc. that blames the discrimination of BAME folk, LGBT folk, women, etc. on all heterosexual cisgendered caucasian males, rather than the capitalist bourgeoisie powers that be that run this world, who obviously do it to divide the working proletariat and to turn them against one another so that they are less able to unite and overthrow the oppressive capitalist system.

By blaming oppression on minority groups on all heterosexual cisgendered caucasian males, we are giving the capitalist bourgeoisie the satisfaction of having us divided, because when we are divided, we are easier to control. A perfect example of identity politics is the SJW Milo Stewart who claims "All white people are racist, all men are misogynistic, all straight people are homophobic, all cisgendered people are transphobic, and all members of the majority are biased against the minority". They then go on to claim that most people are racist, sexist, ableist, etc. This rubbish is utterly destroyed by the brilliant Maoist YouTuber Jason Unruhe who points out that, according to Stewart's own claims, Stewart is a racist, as they are white. Not only that, but if all members of a minority are oppressed by a majority, then rich people are oppressed by poor people, as the rich are a minority.

The plague of identity politics is mostly spread by the Centrist/Centre-Right Liberals, who obsess over identity politics so as to ignore the most pressing issue of class struggle, HOWEVER, their mucus has spread to the socialist movements, and now you will find Communists, Revolutionary Socialists, Social Democrats and Anarchists who have been infected with poisonous identity politics, and believe that heterosexuals, males, cisgendered folk, whites, etc. need to recognize their "privilege", when the real privilege in society (which is clear to anybody with a modicum of intelligence) is of those who own the means of production being vastly more privileged than those who do not.

I belong to several minority groups - I am LGBT, Asian and Atheist. However, I do not think it moral or just to blame straight white christians for the problems or discrimination I face, simply because it is not their fault at all, but the fault of the capitalist bourgeoisie at the top of the pyramid. The fact is, the bourgeoisie are made up of men, women, straight people, cisgendered people, LGBT people, Atheists, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Agnostics, whites, blacks, asians, etc. and the same goes for the proletariat. Would you really say a rich black woman like Beyonce is oppressed by white men who are homeless and begging? Of course not!

If you have suffered due to homophobia, racism, misogyny, ageism or ableism, the answer is not identity politics. Making straights, Christians, men, whites, cis folk, etc. feel guilt due to being such is not the answer and will not solve anything. The only real way to solve institutional discrimination is by toppling the INSTITUTION, namely the Capitalist system.

The only exception in support for identity politics is in the case of one identity which I am a member of. This is one of the smallest minorities there is. I am an intellectual. Many on this forum are also clearly intellectuals. We are the members of this very small minority as the capitalist system has turned the majority of the masses into deluded, gullible sheeple. We must excercise our ability as intellectuals as much as possible and spread our intellect as much as possible in order to get the sheeple to wake up. This is the only form of identity politics that is acceptable.
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