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This demographic trope of “people who feel forgotten” is annoying. I grok anger about being actually oppressed, but if your complaint is *just* “being forgotten” a) there’s people who’ve *never* had attention b) maybe try to do more memorable things? c) What, you want a parade?
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Isn't this just the polite way of saying that you're being oppressed? "mister it seems you're forgetting something? *holds out bowl to receive gruel*"
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meh it seems like a significant part of the complaint is being “culturally” forgotten as opposed being “forgotten by the system” (the people who complain about being “forgotten” by culture aren’t the same as those actually forgotten by our institutions)
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I'd argue it's actually the reverse. They are being forgotten institutionally, but NOT culturally. Culturally, Trumpies are still being told they are they are the "real" Americans etc. But they feel all the institutional resources are being diverted to minorities.
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touché, my view was tied to the vibe of the ‘left’ having won the culture wars pre-2016 and then feeling alienated by “Hollywood”/the Internet/etc but yeah I suppose they do perceive that institutions are allocating more to minorities (perhaps bc of the culture war stuff? )
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