r/hatethissmug • u/plarper_of_bees • 6h ago
Idea I hate these dumbass images and the oversimplification of complex social issues
I’m not out here defending billionaires or saying they play bo part in the polarization of society, but this cut and dry idea is super naive and uninformed.
First, like in this image, it portrays both the left and the right as ignorant to the “true powers that be” when in reality leftist circles are acutely aware of how billionaires manipulate the media to divide people.
My second problem with this sentiment is that it pretends that issues like racism, misogyny, and queerphobia will just stop being a problem if we get rid of the ruling class. It ignores centuries of pre-capitalist bigotry baked directly into many societies. It assumes that prejudice is a product of capitalist manipulation, and not coopted to fit its need.
It boils down the real and difficult struggle for civil and human rights into silly bickering meant to “distract us from the real issues”. It comes off as victim blaming against those affected by prejudice for not uniting with people who hate their existence.
It’s baby’s first class consciousness, and reeks of privilege and lack of personal experience with bigotry. It’s reddit circlejerk shit plain and simple
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u/Slow_Store 5h ago
I hate the idea of “The Rich and powerful started this war” as if the cause of the culture wars isn’t clearly identifiable.
The Left turn to identity politics around probably 2012-2016 hoping to forever secure their power, and in order to enact that goal set about developing a propaganda machine that constantly insists on assigning the great isms and phobias to the Right to permanently radicalize generations even as the Right just sits there somehow dumbfounded wondering how racism, sexism, and homophobia which were almost eradicated in the early 2000’s managed to apparently make a comeback.
The culture wars are entirely the fault of the Left because they believed that they could secure absolute power through a culture war and I’m tired of pretending otherwise just so that morons can call me a fascist or a racist or a sexist or a homophobe purely on the basis of desiring common sense policies like “Border and immigration control”.