Identifying with Perspective

THOSE opposed to the discordant psychology of identity politics often fail to appreciate that their own emotional attitude is helping to enable its continuing success. I have noticed that a significant number of people base their entire association with one another on this very behaviour, which means the more important issues that identity politics seeks to conceal - the sickening realities of financial power, for example - continue to be overlooked by those who focus purely on the mere consequences of capitalism.

What is most important in these chaotic times is not to confine one's allegiances to a mutual like or dislike of a particular subject, but to remain as partisan as possible and accentuate the political, social and economic principles that demonstrate just how far one is prepared to either oppose the System or conveniently ignore its more corrosive nature. The crystallisation of anti-identity politics as a movement in its own right is the most disastrous strategy of all. Be committed and refuse to side with those who tolerate the things that present the most dangerous risk to our future. After all, who presents the biggest threat: your transgender neighbour or those who run the banks and corporations?