9/The actual debates, of course, were far more vituperative and colorful that my bland summary of their content. :-)
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10/Everyone agreed that "leftbook is a dumpster fire", etc. Everyone felt the all-encompassing debate was unpleasant and counterproductive.
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11/To add my own interpretation: What I saw was a struggle for control between two factions that distrusted each other deeply.
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12/This struggle led to a cycle of extremism. The "economic" bloc embraced ideological doctrine because that was the only weapon they had.
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13/To counter this weapon, the "identity" bloc was also forced to become more ideologically extreme.
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14/The "economic" bloc suspected the "identity" bloc of being secret "liberals" (center-leftists)...
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15/While the "identity" bloc suspected the "economic" bloc of being secret white supremacists.
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16/However, there was no threat by either side to defect to the Right. Both sides were united when it came to hating rightists.
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17/This was the most extremist group, remember; the somewhat more moderate groups I joined did not have this conflict.
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