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[–] spacecadet@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It absolutely has meaning. It's like rainbow capitalism. It is ridiculed here on this site all the time and is a prime example of how liberalism prioritizes the PR campaigniness of proving they are doing good vs actually doing anything good at all. We are in the deep end of it and it's fucking wild.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Idk I've only ever seen reactionaries whinge about it, to me it's practically meaningless because it's not really an effective critique of capitalism, or liberalism in general. It's the same class of words like "woke," "SJW," "PC" etc.

You already mentioned "rainbow capitalism" and that's already a better word for it because it at least describes it a bit better. That's just me though shrug-outta-hecks

[–] Xx_Aru_xX@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They keep inventing new words, meanwhile we stay with 1800s ahh words like "Bourgeoisie" "ruling class", this is why we're based

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah we should use "globalist" and "cultural Marxist" too right?

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

It turns out the word dates back to leftists in the 70s, regardless, I've never seen it used in serious discussion in leftist spaces because it's usually the fascists that are complaining about it shrug-outta-hecks

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Identity politics is a vague term for any political discourse/movements centering race, gender, sexuality, etc. BLM is idpol. Palestinian nationalism is idpol. Feminism is idpol. Trans rights movements are idpol. Engaging in idpol doesn't mean you can't recognize class and intersectionality.