Is the Left marching to victory – or doom?
The Left has become powerful beyond anything seen in US history. They are marching across America. Do they march to victory or to self-destruction? Here is an argument for each future.
identity politics
An anthropologist looks at the empty identity politics of America’s Left
Summary: Here is the last chapter of anthropologist Maximilian Forte’s series about America’s New Victorianism. It explains many of the otherwise baffling aspects of Campaign 2016. This essay is worth a ton of journalists’ reporting about the sound bite circus that dominates the news. The Working Class, Identity Politics and New Victorian History Against the …
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An anthropologist looks at America’s growing proletariat
Summary: Here anthropologist Maximilian Forte looks at America’s changing social structure (the rise of the 1%, death of the middle class) using perspectives from Rome, Marx, and modern identity politics. It’s one of his best essays, worthwhile reading about America’s most serious problem (fracturing our social cohesion, making solutions of the others difficult or impossible). …
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