Bannon was right on this...

[LWolf]

36. YES.

When I think of "identity politics," I think of the neo-liberal talking points I began hearing a few decades ago that went something like this: "I'm socially liberal and fiscally conservative." The problem was two-fold, as I see it. First, it divorced social and economic justice, which, as you just pointed out, is counter-productive. Second, the "fiscally conservative" part was simply not correct; unregulated capitalism is economically liberal, not conservative.

Now it could be that my take on "identity politics" is different than others'; it wouldn't surprise me. But it is a simple reality that using "identity" as a focus to distract from bad economic policy may make some feel good while they hear it, but it doesn't move us forward.

I think the solution is to keep social and economic justice together. But that's just me.