Many have been drawn to the right because they have been told that even though they are poor, jobless and unhappy, they are also privileged racists. Theres only so much people can take, and many have had enough. That's the rise in trump imho
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Yeah but that's not postmodernism that's just social justice thinking done with bad PR
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This is pretty much the premise of postmodernism in terms of cultural identity. Everything is the fault of white people, therefore *all* white people share blame. This doesn't bother me personally, but it does give me an understanding as to what is happening culturally atm.pic.twitter.com/vXtnyvNGcO
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Replying to @4scoren7years @TheJamesBerry and
It argues that anyone with any power must be bad because those without power must be oppressed by those with it. Of course this ignores personal responsibility, competence and a gracious/just use of power. It puts good and evil into classes instead of individuals. Big mistake.
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Replying to @4scoren7years @ben_weeks and
This is the self-referentiality problem that is pointed out to them constantly. The first lot said they didn't claim anything to be true. The second more politicised wave just ignore the contradiction.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @4scoren7years and
Then the "wave" you're talking about decides to call themselves postmodern but isn't ACTUALLY classical postmodern.
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Replying to @Daniel_Rivieria @4scoren7years and
No, its an evolution of it. They may or may not call themselves postmodern. Its those key ideas abt knowledge, language, identity, structures of power etc that remain consistent.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @4scoren7years and
Then I guess I'm not in disagreement as to what is defined as being post modern and rather just thinking postmodernism isn't inherently a bad thing then.
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You don't think so? We'd have to lose objective knowledge and individual agency to a considerable extent? See language as the constructing force & interpretations as valid as intentions?
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