/lit/ - Literature

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the 2010s Identity politics-wave was a product of communicative capitalism a system which by its very nature tends towards hysteria and hyperreality. 'Black People' and 'White People' are abstractions, party to a 'National Conversation' which is nothing but a shadow puppet theatre manned by thinkpiece mongers and occasionally featuring beautiful actors posing with the sexualised woke book object. It's no longer a question of exploiting outrage but of profiting from the spectre of 'outrage'. Progs will flock to buy the book if they think it pisses off /pol/ white dudes, and vice versa. It's no longer a question of 'politics' in the 20th century sense of the word, but of libidinal engagement driven by social media. People of all races are controlled by the same capitalist big brother system. Thinking of everything in terms of individualistic 'empathy' maximises engagement. It's amazing how many people have lost the ability to separate their sense of self from the messages broadcast by the mass media.