Classical liberalism

[MajorRewrite]

Here are some specific examples of "woke" ideas that go beyond merely being "aware of social injustice," and instead lean hard into illiberal, group-identity concepts:

Your focus on “woke” leans hard into culture war MAGA talking points about things that don’t even exist in some cases (such as reparations).

 

[Lazaran]

Your focus on “woke” leans hard into culture war MAGA talking points about things that don’t even exist in some cases (such as reparations).

I’m pretty sure SimonDumb is referring to "reparations" in California like this:


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The descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce were compensated with the return of Bruce's Beach, a California oceanfront property that was seized from them in 1924 due to racial discrimination. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the return of the land, which is valued at nearly $20 million, as part of efforts to address historical injustices.



We. Told. Them. So.

 

[GuiltyCowboy]

Socialism inevitably will lead to a loss of freedom

There is a right wing political party that is literally taking away your freedoms today and dismantling the institutions of your democracy. And yet you still worry about a hypothetical socialism.

I think a really important question for you is this: why are you so consistently worried about the left when the right is in reality, right now, today, turning your country into an illiberal state?

As you admit, what seems to bug you the most is the behavior of students - or, more precisely, how students have been portrayed to you by right wing media - and not what Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries et al are doing.

Do you ever wonder why the right wing media talks endlessly about trans rights and safe spaces and DEI and not, you know, the actual policies of the Democratic Party - reigning in oligarchs, clamping down on tax evasion, making voting easier and not harder, strengthening our rights and protections in corporate and environmental law etc?

Why do you think the media does that?

4) The Fairness doctrine is illiberal. Privately owned media companies should be free to express whatever views they want.
5) The concept of "hate speech," which is embraced by some in the Democratic Party, is illiberal. There should be no laws against so-called hate speech.

reparations for something that ended 160 years ago

I don't pretend to have a full explanation for where we are. The events of the last 10 years have surprised me.

Do you think it’s possible that your confusion about how and why America arrived at authoritarianism might be linked to you not seeing a problem with disinformation and racist narratives?

Case in point: you seem unaware that, despite slavery officially ending in the 19th century, ongoing discrimination against black people in banking and housing and education and employment has prevented them from building generational wealth and property.

This is going to sound a bit sassy but you know that’s the whole point of being work, right there? That you are aware of exactly that.