Compromise

[Furunculus]

As for Old vs. New Left, why not both dot jpeg? Of course the kind of "identity politics" salient today (which are really just in addition to the religious, ethnic, and mode-of-life identity politics in the rest of the country's history) must be coupled with (economic) class politics to reach their full development - and vice versa.

It's what they call I N T E R S E C T I O N. Seriously one of the best ideas out of feminism and critical theory, and one that should be more widely disseminated reflected upon. Because it's so obviously important once you think about it, and for once in a red moon the terminology is transparent in meaning.

Not to mix my metaphors, but isn't calling it "one of the best ideas out of feminism and critical theory" still firmly in the territory of putting lipstick on pigs?

Identity politics - with its hierarchies of oppression, and power as the sole arbiter of group dynamics - is both uselessly reductive and socially divisive. Intersectionality attempts to mitigate the reductiveness, but only serves to further remove understanding of the the model from general public understanding.

They're left with a socially divisive lens through which to view the world, one which is so kaleidoscopic that their use of it must be interpreted for them by experts.

There is a better way, and it is called [classical]** liberalism. Ignore the artificial constructs that people invent to define collectives, instead focus on the liberty of the individual.

** by which i mean the english tradition of classical liberalism rather than the french, but either serves in this purpose.