Jules Michelet on the seductions and dangers of identity politics. Sort of. Writing in 1855. About the 100 Years War.pic.twitter.com/UmieFSrpiH
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I'd have to think about it, but revolutions are usually driven by a strong "us vs them" sentiment, which would b the purest ID politics, no?
Then you're in trouble because the "Us/Them" dichotomies are destructive of the attempt at building a movement... even if people don't
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Of course. So coalitions can be stable when there's an overriding interest unifying them. And the interest itself can become the identity.
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Right. But you don't escape the dark side of identity politics just by building a coalition. Because as you said, there's almost always...
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