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Connections: From the European Frankfurt School to Black Lives Matter and Critical Theory, an exploration https://t.co/ojp1kC7TaB 1/
We are in the midst of a battle of ideas against an adversary that is skilled and has been hard at work over decades in our academic and cultural institutions. https://t.co/ojp1kC7TaB 2/
Marxism predicted the inevitable transition from capitalism to communism through class struggle and the internal contradictions of the capitalist system. https://t.co/ojp1kC7TaB 3/
When this failed to happen, & instead the working class, & society in general grew richer within a capitalist framework, the Frankfurt School came into existence in Frankfurt, Germany in 1923, & following the rise of the Nazis moved to @Columbia Univ in the USA in 1933. 4/
They developed a critique of the capitalist system and the culture that makes it possible to exist and thrive. Critical theory seeks to change the culture to bring about the Marxist revolution that material and economic forces alone could not achieve. https://t.co/ojp1kC7TaB 5/
We are in the midst of a battle of ideas against an adversary that is skilled and has been hard at work over decades in our academic and cultural institutions. https://t.co/ojp1kC7TaB 2/
Marxism predicted the inevitable transition from capitalism to communism through class struggle and the internal contradictions of the capitalist system. https://t.co/ojp1kC7TaB 3/
When this failed to happen, & instead the working class, & society in general grew richer within a capitalist framework, the Frankfurt School came into existence in Frankfurt, Germany in 1923, & following the rise of the Nazis moved to @Columbia Univ in the USA in 1933. 4/
They developed a critique of the capitalist system and the culture that makes it possible to exist and thrive. Critical theory seeks to change the culture to bring about the Marxist revolution that material and economic forces alone could not achieve. https://t.co/ojp1kC7TaB 5/
When they say that transwomen are at more risk than women, when they say transwomen live in a state of perpetual victimhood, when they hold women morally responsible for what men do to transwomen - what they mean is that transwomen's experience is more significant.
Examples:
says "I would guess". He guesses wrong but that's not the point. The point is that the "trans" part makes it more significant and important for him. Femicides are just femicides - an every day occurance. Just women.
says "the statistics are staggering". They are.
Because for some reason 28 murders of transwomen in 1 year in the US is an epidemic, but 6 femicides A DAY isn't.
I asked one of the "transwomen suffer more than 'cis' women" people why things became more significant when it was males who were killed. He blocked
It's not a competition, of course (unless you are Jolyon Maugham and want to override female consent, then it really is a competition that you cheat to win) but the argument is the force behind transactivism. Without the perpetual victimhood, it's just men making demands of women
Examples:
says "I would guess". He guesses wrong but that's not the point. The point is that the "trans" part makes it more significant and important for him. Femicides are just femicides - an every day occurance. Just women.
says "the statistics are staggering". They are.
Because for some reason 28 murders of transwomen in 1 year in the US is an epidemic, but 6 femicides A DAY isn't.
I asked one of the "transwomen suffer more than 'cis' women" people why things became more significant when it was males who were killed. He blocked
I asked @Colmogorman if the threats of rape and murder that women face when debating issues that affect them were as abusive as women not believing transwomen are women. He blocked me.
— \U0001d413\U0001d421\U0001d41e \U0001d411\U0001d41e\U0001d42c\U0001d42d \U0001d428\U0001d41f \U0001d414\U0001d42c (@therestofus5) December 5, 2020
I guess that means no, threats against women aren't as significant. https://t.co/taLX80T6Jq pic.twitter.com/HfYeyzs1sB
It's not a competition, of course (unless you are Jolyon Maugham and want to override female consent, then it really is a competition that you cheat to win) but the argument is the force behind transactivism. Without the perpetual victimhood, it's just men making demands of women
Leavers beginning to realise EU states see EU *fundamentally* differently from how Leavers see it. THREAD 1/9
Some Leavers believe UK’s economic/political interests/qualities are fundamentally different from France & Germany. But this is so daft & so close to obvious extreme nationalism it never explained the EU’s existence for them 2/
But if UK isn’t fundamentally different from Germany & France. How to make sense of German / French EU membership? 3/
One Leaver coping strategy was “EU is bad idea for all EU states”, just they haven’t realised yet (not as clever as Brits ssh) and their bad establishments are suppressing bold independence movements 4/
But hoped-for Brexit copycats haven’t arrived. Greece seems determined to stay even as its economy improves. Anti-EU forces don’t win, or win but don’t try and leave. Remember how Hungary & Poland were going to back UK? Anyone? 5/
How it How it\u2019s
— Simon Cox (@SimonFRCox) December 10, 2020
started going pic.twitter.com/nOHaFj2377
Some Leavers believe UK’s economic/political interests/qualities are fundamentally different from France & Germany. But this is so daft & so close to obvious extreme nationalism it never explained the EU’s existence for them 2/
But if UK isn’t fundamentally different from Germany & France. How to make sense of German / French EU membership? 3/
One Leaver coping strategy was “EU is bad idea for all EU states”, just they haven’t realised yet (not as clever as Brits ssh) and their bad establishments are suppressing bold independence movements 4/
But hoped-for Brexit copycats haven’t arrived. Greece seems determined to stay even as its economy improves. Anti-EU forces don’t win, or win but don’t try and leave. Remember how Hungary & Poland were going to back UK? Anyone? 5/
🧵 Ajax’s own MPP decided to take a non-essential trip outside of the country while our town moved from Red to Lockdown.
I don’t even know where to start on this. Rules for me and not for thee? Financial privilege in action? Getting away from the “plebs” in Ajax? #onpoli 1/x
My family had plans to travel to Europe this summer, but we knew that it had to be postponed to a safer time. We thought of postponing the trip to now, but decided against it until after vaccinations happened and travel advisories are lifted. #onpoli 2/x
And, by the way @RodPhillips01, as someone eligible to vote in Ajax, let me direct you to this big, bold, red text on Global Affairs Canada’s website. #onpoli 3/x
Yes, sometimes there may be an urgent need to leave the country (dying family member or other family emergency), but in a year where Ajacians, and indeed all Ontarians, have made so much sacrifice, this feels like a quintuple slap to the face. #onpoli 4/x
While individuals still go to high-risk, close-contact workplaces during “lockdown” to keep our supply and food chains going, @RodPhillips01 decides to go on vacation. Sounds like another example from a country a few hundred kilometres away. #onpoli 5/x
I don’t even know where to start on this. Rules for me and not for thee? Financial privilege in action? Getting away from the “plebs” in Ajax? #onpoli 1/x
#BREAKING; NEWSTALK 1010 has learned Ontario Finance Minister, Rod Philips, travelled outside of the country for a personal vacation despite @fordnation repeated pleas to stay home over the holidays. Minister Philips has released the following statement #onpoli pic.twitter.com/DlaOc1MZTq
— NEWSTALK1010 (@NEWSTALK1010) December 29, 2020
My family had plans to travel to Europe this summer, but we knew that it had to be postponed to a safer time. We thought of postponing the trip to now, but decided against it until after vaccinations happened and travel advisories are lifted. #onpoli 2/x
And, by the way @RodPhillips01, as someone eligible to vote in Ajax, let me direct you to this big, bold, red text on Global Affairs Canada’s website. #onpoli 3/x
Yes, sometimes there may be an urgent need to leave the country (dying family member or other family emergency), but in a year where Ajacians, and indeed all Ontarians, have made so much sacrifice, this feels like a quintuple slap to the face. #onpoli 4/x
While individuals still go to high-risk, close-contact workplaces during “lockdown” to keep our supply and food chains going, @RodPhillips01 decides to go on vacation. Sounds like another example from a country a few hundred kilometres away. #onpoli 5/x