PG’s “Keep Your Identity Small” essay unwittingly gets at basic reason why identity politics exists. “Small identity” in sociology is like “thin client” in computing. It needs a compatible fat cloud.
No prizes for guessing what sets identity size lower limit in a given society.
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are there times where small identities are not the right strategy? or is that a good advice in all situations? thinking here that accepting your "culture war" reading almost requires increasing one's identity, at least temporarily.
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