No.1466547
>>1446922
> Race, are tied characteristics of class or even arguably a sort of class unto themselvesthis is correct I think. Cedric Robinson's argument in Black Marxism is that "racism" has it's antecedents in European labour organisation going back centuries before modernistic racism.
>here has never been a moment in modern European history (if before) that migratory and/or immigrant labor was not a significant aspect of European economies. That this is not more widely understood seems to be a consequence of conceptualization and analysis: the mistaken use of the nation as a social, historical, and economic category; a resultant and persistent reference to national labor “pools” (e.g., “the English working class”) and a subsequent failure of historical investigation
>from the twelfth century forward, it was the bourgeoisie and the administrators of state power who initiated and nurtured myths of egalitarianism while seizing every occasion to divide peoples for the purpose of their dominationKenan Malik's new book is apparently all about this too.
No.1466548
>>1466542There are many currents in any society. Preppers and so on would be a symptom or a current of such a Risk society or risk-averse society.
No.1466559
>>1466223Yes yes I'm sure I upset you very much by reminding you of people who disagree with you on social issues but if I'm a conservative anybody behind me on social issues is a reactionary
Now since the red carpet is rolled out help me set up a sensory room
>>>/siberia/ for our new autistic overlords
Say after me
Trans rights are human rights
Autism rights are human rightsStalin did nothing wrong except be too kind and merciful
U don't wanna be a reactionary now do you?
No.1466560
>>1466559lib status: triggered
No.1473041
Honest question: why would the ruling class continue to adhere to Malthusianism if the whole world knows Malthus’ predictions were dead wrong? Telling me the “globalist elites” are Malthusian is like telling me they’re Holocaust deniers or flat-Earthers or unironic believers in crystal healing.
And both the left and right appeal to the siege mentality. In fact appealing to the feeling of being under siege is the primary way both left and right win people over.
No.1473047
>>1466559>rightsyoure a liberal
No.1473055
>>1466559Rights only exist insofar as you can defend them.
No.1473081
>>1473041The people who say that usually have very misogynistic views towards women, in that they think the massive plummet in global fertility has to be a contrived conspiracy rather than a product of women being educated and refusing to engage in more reproductive labour.
No.1473088
Siege mentality is litteraly the most reactionnary shit i ever read. This Mason guy is a freak.
No.1473159
>>1473047did marx not believe in rights?
No.1473215
>>1473159You tell me. Find me a citation from one of his texts with the page numbers
No.1473269
>>1473264Stirner doesnt like rights for idealist reasons
Marxists dont like rights for materialist reasons
No.1473285
>>1473284Just wait til people find out theres no state under communism either
No.1473306
>>1465060You're wrong, but you're posting an anime reaction image so you gave it away too easily. Here I'll break it down for you:
Anti-racist struggles centered on class analysis relate to actual social forces that can impact production, improve people's material outlook and agitate revolution.
Anti-racism ideology concocted by the bourgeoisie in its present form is a tool to divide the working class, to strengthen the managerial state apparatus and protect capitalism.
It's really that simple. If the rhetoric sounds like it's coming from an upper-middle class HR manager, then it probably was cooked up by exactly these sorts of people.
No.1473316
>>1473041One of my professors at Law School is an ardent Green left socdem and his response to my criticism of green politics being Malthusian is that Malthus was wrong then because he was racist but he's more or less correct now because "we have the data".
Marx's critique of Malthus in the Grundrisse needs to be more widely circulated, because this race to the bottom siege mentality is compatible with Malthus's line of thinking and it is diametrically opposed to the revolutionary outlook. Either we redeem history and revolutionise production, or we gets cartels and gangs running rackets to protect their scraps.
No.1473360
>>1473306>Anti-racist struggles centered on class analysis relate to actual social forces that can impact production, improve people's material outlook and agitate revolution.
>Anti-racism ideology concocted by the bourgeoisie in its present form is a tool to divide the working class, to strengthen the managerial state apparatus and protect capitalism.How do you tell the difference? Because 99% of the time when someone says “anti-racism divides the working class” they’re using it as an excuse to not talk about the ways in which BIPOC are uniquely oppressed.
No.1473371
>>1473360>How do you tell the difference?By the terms and stakes that are used in the debate and if they actually represent a threat to the system or if they are trying to be accommodated by capitalism. For example, if you use racism to agitate for "representation" in Hollywood movies and that's your political horizon. Or demand "equity" (property mortgage term) in the form of state welfare guaranteed by bourgeois political parties.
>Because 99% of the time when someone says “anti-racism divides the working class” they’re using it as an excuse to not talk about the ways in which BIPOC are uniquely oppressed.No it's not 99% of the time, you're projecting that onto people. People are absolutely willing to talk about unjust labour conditions on the ivory coast, police violence or how refugees are treated poorly. The problem is whether you ascribe all of these social problems to the "original sin" of white people which can only be redeemed by the capitalist state righting the wrongs of history. Or, you're instead analyzing capitalism as a global system and questioning why these patterns continually re-emerge during periods of crisis.
No.1473381
>>1473371If the argument here is reformism vs revolution why do you not frame it that way and instead scapegoat anti-racists?
No.1473390
>>1473381Once again you're projecting things I did not say, and do not believe. Instead of imagining a strawman, deal with the substance of the argument. Modern "progressivism" is reformist, in some cases hostile to the interests of the proletariat and complicit with imperialism. And this is the exact modus operandi of the Democratic party who will use this racialist, subaltern rhetoric so you continually vote for them in the name of "harm reduction". You don't need to dance around the issue, just call a spade a spade.
Because I am an orthodox, I always frame the debate this way: Are you a revolutionary, do you understand class interests - or are you a liberal/reactionary?
No.1473392
>>1473391Brush up on the basics, I recommend Reform or Revolution because this seems to be where you're confused.
No.1473393
>>1465437What does he argue?
No.1473395
>>1465892A completely new form of communication. Most of us go way out of our way to look people in the eye, not stim, pretend to be interested in conversations that don’t interest us. Autistic people don’t want to be “fixed”, we want autonomy and respect like all other marginalized peoples. Leave us alone and give us basic support so we don’t have to mingle with allistics to survive.
No.1473396
>>1473395>pretend to be interested in conversations that don’t interest us.You do realise this describes 80% of humanity. There is always some baseline of contempt that people have in day to day interactions, it's why the English invented manners.
No.1473420
>>1473396Manners are oppressive social constructs.
No.1473423
>>1473420Not really, they provide easy guidelines for a functioning society. Under socialism there will still be socialization, neurodivergent people should be understood and integrated into social roles that they're comfortable with but there will always be "weird" people who don't fit in.
No.1475171
>>1447185>>1450724>>1462608This is an S-tier article that should be read by every idpoler since it sums up the logical conclusions of their beliefs.
For starters, it points out how siege groups (autistics, queer community, white conservative Christians, Muslim immigrants in Europe, etc.) will primarily resort to some kind of separatist sentiments as the primary means of dealing with the siege. You see this in statements like "we don't want assimilation, we want AUTONOMY AND RESPECT" as if the autonomy in this situation isn't just a demand for separatism.
I'd add too you see those groups end up becoming very conservative in that they demand conformity so that the enemy isn't able to infiltrate and destroy their group. Queer spaces for instance were a hell of a lot more liberating 15 years ago when I started getting involved. The whole idea was "be yourself" and everyone accepted you regardless. Now there's a billion and a half unwritten rules you have to follow. Like if you detransition you're now persona non grata because everyone assumes you're anti-trans. I get the impression if trans people could they'd form their own Israel just because they feel constantly attacked and in need of a permanent safe space.
Maybe the US becoming more polarized is a good thing because each state now has the potential to act as a sort of safe space for people feeling like they're under siege. Let transphobic and ableist white Christians have Florida and Missouri while letting neurodivergent and queer progressives have California and Washington State.
No.1475179
>>1475171This is really good reason for a UBI. Just give everyone free money so they no longer have to compete with each other and can stay in their own little groups.
No.1475736
>>1475171enlightened centrist
No.1475747
>>1475171Honestly impressive how many people broadly within the “critique of callouts” socioculture have more or less the same starting assumption that the community has Bad People who need to be identified and driven out but instead of being about some broad harm it’s like, harshed vibes.
Feel like there are other stages of intervention one can have before drastic social blow ups or reverse uni exile but the thing about that is it doesn’t reinstate your social currency your lost when the last stupid game you played got you a stupid prize.
No.1475750
>>1475171>Like if you detransition you're now persona non grata because everyone assumes you're anti-trans. I get the impression if trans people could they'd form their own Israel just because they feel constantly attacked and in need of a permanent safe space.stop falling for conservatard psyops
No.1475888
>>1475179Except it’s not about money. It’s fundamentally about power and competing for hegemony.
No.1475893
>>1475736Centrist? How? If anything I’m pointing out the need for siege groups to loosen up and become more open to things which challenge their paradigm in order so they can be more adaptive. Refusal to change is what results in totalitarian tendencies.
Or, we should all read Hegel.
No.1476031
>>1475179Or, just make communities self-sustaining. People freak out over eugenics/WEF/agenda 21 because they feel as if they have zero control over their communities and some Illuminati is working to destroy them all.
No.1476047
>>1476031Only one community, the human community.
No.1476828
>>1465892Sensory accommodations
Bans on bright lights and loud noises
Ban ABA therapy
Make autistic a specific legal category
No.1476834
>>1476828>lawsyeah chief youre a liberal
No.1476872
>>1476828>Sensory accommodations>Make autistic a specific legal categoryAlready covered in disability legislation.
>Ban ABA therapyHow do level 2 or 3 kids learn basic skills then?
No.1481502
Remember in the mid 2010s when Zizek used to talk about how the new trend in politics is ethnocentrism mixed with neoliberalism? Do you think that goes along with the feeling of being under siege?
No.1482955
>>1481502>Remember in the mid 2010s when Zizek used to talk about how the new trend in politics is ethnocentrism mixed with neoliberalismZizek was correct for his time but as we know, the owl flies at dusk. He was grasping a political moment that was already over by the time he theorized about it. What we're witnessing now is the slow agonising death of neoliberalism, and the current mix of idpol perfectly complements the siege mentality as the state intervenes to circulate capital.
If things aren't growing economically, each marginalised community feels that they have to scrape the barrel to maintain their equity, and it leads them to see the state as the vehicle that butters their bread and "enfranchises" their wellbeing. It is a problem that has been inherited from the New Left, and I'm glad that socialists are waking up to the miseducation.
No.1494261
Keep talking about this topic. Some great points in this thread.
No.1494263
>>1478675Back when Jason made quality content.
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