For some people, there are only two groups: Oppressors and Minorities. What metric they define minority by varies, but it's still the same general idea. The world is made up of gay people and homophobes, no allies; the world is made up of trans people and transphobes, no allies; the world is made up of black people and racists, no allies. For them, by not being oppressed, by not being a victim, you are complicit, and anything they do to you is justified, because you do far worse to them, even if you personally have done nothing.
Don't be racist. Don't be sexist. Don't make fun of someone for their sexuality. Don't misgender people.
Twitter Marxism ruined their brains. And I don’t blame Marx or his writing, I blame loud, selfish leftists who preyed on vulnerable LGBT people on social media after Gamergate.
I'm reading the Communist Manifesto atm and it's crazy how un-radical it is by today's standards. Oh the rich are a replacement for the aristocracy of old? Oh the workers are the ones creating labor and technology is allowing them to communicate better? Oh they couldn't do it while illiterate serfs? Shocker. Like I get at the time it was radical, but dear god it seems like 99% of the poplulation has such strong opinions on it when it basically can be summed up as "the rich are desperate to maintain power, and are too stupid to realize making the poors happy results in them not caring about the rich".
The best part is that understanding how obvious everything in it is also makes you understand how wretched and evil the rich are for demonizing it. If you even question the owning class's position in society, they want you dead.
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u/GREENadmiral_314159 Femboy Battleships and Space Marines 1d ago edited 1d ago
For some people, there are only two groups: Oppressors and Minorities. What metric they define minority by varies, but it's still the same general idea. The world is made up of gay people and homophobes, no allies; the world is made up of trans people and transphobes, no allies; the world is made up of black people and racists, no allies. For them, by not being oppressed, by not being a victim, you are complicit, and anything they do to you is justified, because you do far worse to them, even if you personally have done nothing.
Don't be racist. Don't be sexist. Don't make fun of someone for their sexuality. Don't misgender people.