Why Nothing Gets Done | Clarissa's Blog
It seems to me that groups of people advance their collective interests by making, as it were, chemical changes in the environment around them. Just as different forms of animal and vegetable life alter their environments to maximise their chances of survival, groups congregate together and emit this primeval ooze, which looks a lot like religiosity. That there is no consistency between their professed aims and values and the ooze they emit is no real criticism of this phenomenon. A defensive weapon doesn't have to look like and spell out exactly who you are in order to be effective. In fact, it is far more effective if it looks nothing like you and just appears automagically when you need it.
All the same, an environment protected in this way becomes slimier and less interesting to those of us who do not need, or cannot use, that sort of protection.
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Identity politics and political correctness performs this function, I have observed. I have looked into this over more than a decade and what is surprising is that those who proclaim a politically correct stance seem to go out of their way to avoid actually actualising their proclaimed goals. So it seems that they were merely seeking a protective device, so that they could go on with their own chosen activities.
It seems to me that groups of people advance their collective interests by making, as it were, chemical changes in the environment around them. Just as different forms of animal and vegetable life alter their environments to maximise their chances of survival, groups congregate together and emit this primeval ooze, which looks a lot like religiosity. That there is no consistency between their professed aims and values and the ooze they emit is no real criticism of this phenomenon. A defensive weapon doesn't have to look like and spell out exactly who you are in order to be effective. In fact, it is far more effective if it looks nothing like you and just appears automagically when you need it.
All the same, an environment protected in this way becomes slimier and less interesting to those of us who do not need, or cannot use, that sort of protection.
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Identity politics and political correctness performs this function, I have observed. I have looked into this over more than a decade and what is surprising is that those who proclaim a politically correct stance seem to go out of their way to avoid actually actualising their proclaimed goals. So it seems that they were merely seeking a protective device, so that they could go on with their own chosen activities.
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