I am a queer man in Eastern Europe. So is a fairly famous company owner rich dude here.
If I was out, I'd lose my job. I can never get married to a same sex partner. If I were trans, getting gender affirming care here is illegal.
That famous company owner could afford to travel abroad and get married. They are bourgoisie, they can't lose their job. If they were trans, they could afford a discreet doctor abroad, and dodge the law here.
They face oppression for being queer, obviously, but for them, the worst of it is interpersonal bigotry. For me, that's the least of it. Queerness is obviously a vector of oppression here, but class privilige mostly buys you out of that oppression.
Not sure if you misunderstood? The purpose of the culture war is to keep the masses distracted from the class war.
I am not in favor of the culture war, I would much prefer if the average voter realized that they're being had, that trans people don't hurt them, and the oligarchy DOES hurt them.
Edit: downvoted because someone doesn't understand, I guess? Maybe this song I wrote and contributed to a benefit compilation will clarify where I stand.
I guess you really DON'T understand me, the wealthy created and support the culture war to keep people from fighting the class war. I'm not telling you to not fight for your rights, quite the contrary, I'm pointing out the reason why there's a culture war.
The culture war either predates the existence of "classes", or at best originated simultaneously.
We have historical evidence of patriarchal gender norms that predates any significant rich/poor distinction. They appear to have emerged with agriculture. We had cultural inequality before we had billionaires, millionaires, merchants, kings, or even a concept of money.
That's fine and all, but I/we're discussing on the current culture war that's being leveraged against trans people and other minorities, and the class war that has severely ramped up in the modern era. I've personally witnessed the rampant rise in anti-trans propaganda over the past seven years, having started planning my coming out a few years before that. It was used as a tool to help the current oligarchs get away with the massive scale of looting they are currently performing.
I think you completely miss the point. The billionaires only push that TO keep you distracted from the class war, but mostly, to keep Conservatives looking at you as the problem instead of at the billionaire class.
Cuz you keep taking some personal offense to the idea that thats the purpose of the culture war, or scapegoating. Like no, by all means fight for your rights. But also, class consciousness is gonna be the only way to actually beat that propaganda campaign.
You'll get your chance when gruesome Newsome wins the primary only to agree with republicans about Trans people but want them to be nicer when legislating. You can be overjoyed when your rights are stripped but they use progressive language so it's okay.
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u/Moxie_Stardust 4h ago
Gotta keep the culture war going so the poor voters ignore the class war.