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Some people think that the left is using multiculturalism in a malicious/subversive way. I see it differently: multiculturalism is a natural worldview for people insulated by wealth and privilege who’ve been taught to value superficial diversity and are unaware of the downsides of other cultures (because they haven’t experienced them). It’s easy to believe that everyone just wants status and money and will be outwardly nice when everyone in one’s milieu only wants status and money and is outwardly nice.

“The left… remains spectatorial rather than agentic in achieving our country.”

Bingo. People have gotten so used to virtue signaling and displaying opinions and relying on massive bureaucracies and programs to meet their needs that they’ve forgotten that were supposed to BUILD changes in the world-with our selves and families and communities. So many on the left see ‘politics’ as a matter of posting and liking and voting. They’ve forgotten the fact that America allows you to actually intervene in society in real and active ways. This seems insufficient to many because it doesn’t involve compulsion: volunteering and building and organizing doesn’t allow you to control the speech or behavior of others, or take their money. But that’s why it’s such a beautiful option!

https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/surveying-the-anti-patriotic-party

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Grow Some Labia's avatar

This is one of your best articles yet, Anu. And you just convinced me I need to read Original Sin. I thought it was just about Biden's decline & the coverup but apparently it's about a lot more including the family's corruption. Adding this to my Christmas wish list!

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