Simon deVeer

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The problem with the contemporary left is the particular forms of identity that it has increasingly chosen to celebrate. Rather than building solidarity around large collectivities such as the working class or the economically exploited, it has focused on ever smaller groups being marginalized in specific ways.
Simon deVeer
& no singular identity, smorgasbord of identities vs one identity loses in a democracies via plurality again & again
Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
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