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Most ‘progressives’ are cowards & conformists more interested in their own social standing than actually doing something that would help the most vulnerable in our society. Lets be brutally honest about that.
Absolutely not
The thing that holds ‘progressive’ politics together is signalling. There is no real material basis to progressivism. Being concerned about what other ppl think about you, which is enmeshed with status-anxiety, is the name of the game, IS the game. Its a house of cards basically.
Which is why they will ignore anything that might get them labelled as a ‘contrarian,’ or a ‘homophobe,’ ‘transphobe,’ ‘sexist,’ ‘racist,’ ‘xenophobe’ etc. These words are like whistles used by a shepherd to herd his sheep back into their pen.
The pen is a safe space and brings forth a feeling of safety & security but its a false sense of safety & security because outside that pen the wolves are gathering & now no one is watching them.
I encourage you to venture outside of your pen & risk being labelled a ‘contrarian’ as I have. If you do actually care about the most vulnerable in our society there will be times when you will be falsely accused of all kinds of things. Thats just summat you will have to accept.
These are the same people btw who will ignore the mountain of evidence that the legalisation of Cannabis would be an absolute disaster from a mental health POV bc to do would impact on their social standing/status. Being anti-Cannabis legalisation is to hold a low-status opinion.
If you were to agree with the likes of me then you are signalling to others that you are a dreadful reactionary and quite possibly a racist bc everybody knows that the ‘war on drugs (what war on drugs?!) is driven by racism or some such bollox.
What is important is to, at all times, signal that you are a high-status person via your display of high-status beliefs/opinions. Thats more important than actually helping the most vulnerable in our society. https://quillette.com/2019/11/16/thorstein-veblens-theory-of-the-leisure-class-a-status-update/
Rob Henderson is great. One of my favourite people on Twitter. https://nypost.com/2019/08/17/luxury-beliefs-are-the-latest-status-symbol-for-rich-americans/
I think this type of thing is driven by the rise of singletons & the decline of marriage. Ppl are getting married later & later & less & less. This status/virtue signalling that Im talking about is a function of the ever-expanding dating market.
High-status opinions/beliefs are a form of currency in the dating economy https://twitter.com/ImHardcory/status/1279056476833755136?s=20
A guy like me, who is married off to a beautiful women - Im proper punching above my weight btw - & two beautiful kids in tow doesnt need to worry about all that sh!te. I can voice all kinds of heretical opinions by virtue off being being off this market.
i.e marriage & children are not restrictions, they are liberators, rightly viewed.
By virtue of being married with kids I can truly be myself. Thats liberating. Its not inhibiting. That needs to be emphasised.
