(07-06-2021, 09:33 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(07-05-2021, 04:10 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Sigh. It's not complex. It's just deeper than you seem to realize. Let me give you the short version, which can be easily documented, if necessary.

Hegelianism>Marxism>Neo-Marxist>Critical Theory>Post Modernism>Intersectionalism>Social Justice>Critical Race Theory

Basically, the Frankfurt school looked at the pillars that they believed supported the cultural beliefs that allowed the oppressor class to control society. They wished to apply the Hegelian dialectic to these pillars to collapse said culture. Post Modernism came along and, having been completely disillusioned by Marxism, basically said it is impossible to know what is true. Intersectionalism, took those ideas, combined them with Neo-Marxism, and said, since we can't know truth, the oppressed class should have the biggest voice as it  pertains to their issue, which conveniently allows them to co-opt the "oppressed" to implement systemic change in the form of Social Justice. Critical Race Theory has been around since Post Modernism (maybe even earlier), but has been repurposed as a trojan horse to push these ideas into society. Laced throughout all of these ideologies is the concept of sexual liberation. It has it's own subcategories, but none of them have dominated academic thought like the ones I mentioned, but it has the common thread of cultural subversion.

Now most people aren't aware of the intentionality of any of this. They are capable of picking up the meme'd version of these concepts, which purposefully leave out the end goal. It creates a horde of people that operate based on their feeling without regard to the impact of those feelings, both on the left and the right. The left attaches to the victimhood or social concepts, while the right attaches to the traditional or patriotic aspect. Each believing the other to be radical. Either way, it is a fight for cultural influence, and the right, especially, is keen enough to pick up on it, even if they don't understand the finer details. The problem is that they use their gut instincts and lash out at the plebes on the left who aren't aware of the intentionality of this either, and both sides get reduced to "traitor" and "bigot."

As for the corporations, again, they are being weaponized by China. One of the shortfalls of the American public is their limited attention span. China is fully aware of the ideologies listed above. They used something similar to topple the traditional structures after Mao won the revolution. They even have a word for "wokeness" in America. They set up the Confucius institute in American schools and Universities, and withdraw funding if they don't play by the rules. The same is true of our corporations. Follow the money, man. These businesses are not losing money hand over foot, or they wouldn't be doing this. China has learned to exploit corporate greed.

You are right in that this isn't that complex. You're just wrong in thinking it's organic.

I think you are too smart for your own good.  It takes a lot of brains to come up with some of the most convoluted conspiracy theories I've ever seen.  It takes a lot of creativity, too.

I'm against teaching so-called "critical race theory" in public schools, too.  But I think the simplest explanation of this whole debacle is probably the correct explanation.   My opinion is, the movement to teach "critical race theory" in the public schools is really just a bunch of liberals who think they know the unarguable settled truth.  That's the simplest explanation.

And the movement to ban it is simply people exercising their right to control how their children are educated.

I dont think the public school system or any higher learning facilities should have any influence/teaching/indoctrination about anything concerning gender, sexual preference, or political affiliation/agenda. Those things should be learned by life and their own feelings about such matters. Kids in grade school have no idea about such things and should be able to "live and learn" and decide for themselves

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