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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Elites have captured identity politics

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Problem With Identity Politics Isn't Ideologically Deficient

Identity politics has an unbelievable way of undercutting any potential threats to its own preservation, absolutely. Liberalism had a radical tinge. It's no accident that the versions of liberalism that are most commonly on offor now are the ones that are friendliest with capitalism. The problem is that the first world won the cold war. And you can't critique your way out of that situation.

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