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You say trend like it is a recent phenomenon and not something that has been happening for centuries if not millennia.
by powerhour 4y ago
You say trend like it is a recent phenomenon and not something that has been happening for centuries if not millennia.
- kranke155 4y agoThat’s true. Identity politics is just a new name for it, but we did use to burn people at the stake for the same reason.
- adamrezich 4y agoit would be dishonest to ignore the fact that "contemporary identity politics" kicked fully into gear as a direct response to #Occupy—and its objective was & continues to be successful
- powerhour 4y agoContemporary identity politics are at least in part a response to the contemporary "occupy" movements, sure, and that's pretty much by definition.