just noticed a weird thing there used to be a ton of leftist cause areas. you could be a cool leftist by protesting china occupying tibet or by supporting gay marriage or by sending shoes to honduras or opposing the middle east or destroying the sun (long term cause of coal)
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my wondering after noticing this is whether (i) theres just been a memetic outcompetition of everything else by identity stuff, and (ii) its reflective of a more general cultural turn inward by the US
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"Act locally" has become a major meme, + some aid is seen as a branch of colonization--"the west" trying to turn the rest of the world into themselves/capitalism. That said, Palestine is still a big cause area, and people talk about UIghurs and Modi. and Myanmar.
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Protests may be more focused than before, but also if you're not deep in left spaces, the content you'll be exposed to is the stuff that's good at spreading into the wider discourse--legible and/or something people will fight over. Doesn't mean other causes aren't there.
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