In a way, politics is about achieving the best result for your ingroup. At some fundamental level, I perceive all conscious beings as my ingroup. This universalism is what I used to understand as leftism; rightism defines a much smaller ingroup and pits them against others.
I don't think it is possible to apply it consistently, because that would require that there is a single global oppression context. A feature of Social Justice: you can claim restorative justice based on group identity, even if you are personally consistently privileged.
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as the basis of policy or ideology, i agree. it's kind of a crackpot opinion but i feel that way about a lot of things, e.g. legal system, nation states, ... a priori inconsistent as just another lens onto the world, would you say intersectionalism itself is also without merit?
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The legal system is built around an algorithm that is designed to increase consistency (interpretation of law based on precedents, and escalation to higher courts for exception handling). Intersectionality does not have a strict definition, so its merits depend on interpretation.
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