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  • “wider inter-class politics” we call that intersectionality. I support the interests of POC and the disabled and the neurodivergent and the working class because it’s the right thing to do and I hope they will do the same for me. Solidarity.

    You have more faith in majorities to do the right thing than I do. My country was founded on genocide and slavery. Some European countries were too but maybe farther back in history.



  • Minority groups didn’t make up identity politics, majority groups did, when they engaged in oppression of minorities.

    Queer people don’t have that much in common. Straight people forced us to band together for our rights.

    Gay people don’t have much in common with trans people, but straight people can’t tell us apart/treat us the same so we band together.

    Disabled people, people of color, it’s similar stories.




  • I can’t deny there are dirty jobs that nobody would do on a lark or as a hobby or even a calling.

    A busted sewer is a community emergency. You can ask the infirm, the pregnant, the elderly “what are you willing to do to support our efforts to fix the sewer?” And the answer might be cook some large meals, care for the children, or take someone’s regular job for a week

    Yes, everyone will be side eyeing young, strong, men (and maybe women) to take the lead on fixing the sewer. There might be promises to make it up to them later. A fifty year old with carpentry experience might offer to expand a house install new cabinets if they will help with the sewer. I do think there are things that others can do to support a major effort like that.