People seem to forget how capricious these popular categorizations like "oppressor" and "oppressed" can be. One group can be "sacrosanct" one moment. And then a tiny event can precipitate a "sea change" in what the activist class is "thinking" or how it behaves. Clearly, these sorts of social phenomena could be studied with our…
People seem to forget how capricious these popular categorizations like "oppressor" and "oppressed" can be. One group can be "sacrosanct" one moment. And then a tiny event can precipitate a "sea change" in what the activist class is "thinking" or how it behaves. Clearly, these sorts of social phenomena could be studied with our nonlinear dynamics machinery.
Some of us, such as Elon Musk, had long noted that DEI is inherently antisemitic and can be directed at other "enemies" of the "mob" at the drop of a hat. However, some Jews who were activists and followers of the critical social justice movement felt "safe" until relatively recently. I had some disputes over this with a few of my Jewish colleagues who wanted to climb on board and aggressively promote the "woke movement", or at least be apologists for it. It was a huge shock to many when the mob turned on them, seemingly turning on a dime. Some Jews, wanting to remain in the good graces of the mob, appear to even openly advocate for their own obliteration. This is understandable, but troubling of course.
No group or individual is inherently "safe" against this kind of rampant irrationality. People forget the lessons of the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution and the Nazi phenomenon and the Khymer Rouge in Cambodia and Mao's Cultural Revolution and the problems in Rwanda and many other similar events. These should serve as a warning about human nature and the threat of these kinds of "movements". Allowing them much purchase in society can lead to serious trouble of all kinds.
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People seem to forget how capricious these popular categorizations like "oppressor" and "oppressed" can be. One group can be "sacrosanct" one moment. And then a tiny event can precipitate a "sea change" in what the activist class is "thinking" or how it behaves. Clearly, these sorts of social phenomena could be studied with our nonlinear dynamics machinery.
Some of us, such as Elon Musk, had long noted that DEI is inherently antisemitic and can be directed at other "enemies" of the "mob" at the drop of a hat. However, some Jews who were activists and followers of the critical social justice movement felt "safe" until relatively recently. I had some disputes over this with a few of my Jewish colleagues who wanted to climb on board and aggressively promote the "woke movement", or at least be apologists for it. It was a huge shock to many when the mob turned on them, seemingly turning on a dime. Some Jews, wanting to remain in the good graces of the mob, appear to even openly advocate for their own obliteration. This is understandable, but troubling of course.
No group or individual is inherently "safe" against this kind of rampant irrationality. People forget the lessons of the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution and the Nazi phenomenon and the Khymer Rouge in Cambodia and Mao's Cultural Revolution and the problems in Rwanda and many other similar events. These should serve as a warning about human nature and the threat of these kinds of "movements". Allowing them much purchase in society can lead to serious trouble of all kinds.