In Western societies, in line with the civil rights movements of the ’60s, many young upper-class whites, freshly graduated from universities, took on the mantle to protect the oppressed minorities, to become “social justice warriors” (SJWs).Wrong Speak Publishing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
“Ultimately, personal grievances masquerading as a genuine social concern would rationalize brutality.”
Expanding on this point, when guilt under the law is replaced with guilt by moral condemnation of a selected elite class, the subjective nature of the moral purges, combined with natural rivalries, eventually leads the elites to turn on one another in an effort to gain power. This has been played out in history (see French and Soviet Revolutions).
The progressives are ultimately fighting for a system that is just as likely to turn against them should they ever be perceived as a threat to the newly established and ever changing hierarchies of power.
"no one questions the over-representation of men among garbage collectors…"... reminded me of this 🤣 https://youtu.be/MzpMRCeTHYE
“Ultimately, personal grievances masquerading as a genuine social concern would rationalize brutality.”
Expanding on this point, when guilt under the law is replaced with guilt by moral condemnation of a selected elite class, the subjective nature of the moral purges, combined with natural rivalries, eventually leads the elites to turn on one another in an effort to gain power. This has been played out in history (see French and Soviet Revolutions).
The progressives are ultimately fighting for a system that is just as likely to turn against them should they ever be perceived as a threat to the newly established and ever changing hierarchies of power.