Excellent point. It looks like the governments' depopulation programs were unnecessary overkill; other factors, including leftist feminism and weakening the family as a system, were going to do the job anyway
Excellent point. It looks like the governments' depopulation programs were unnecessary overkill; other factors, including leftist feminism and weakening the family as a system, were going to do the job anyway
The government is always going to be a kingmaker for factions. The government will either be pro-family or anti-family; there is nothing in between. It might not be as explicit as compulsory laws, but it will have favorable rhetoric and treatment for certain people and not others.
While it is nice to talk about general trends, I do think we get lost in the weeds with abstract ideology, forgetting what the implications are. I would love to discuss individual policies on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes details are important. For examples, I saw libertarians and conservatives arguing with each other, and I was like "do we even know what we are talking about? What specific laws are we going to have?" I definitely like specificity over broad abstract ideologies. I will be me, and you can classify me as you see fit.
"I definitely like specificity over broad abstract ideologies."
IMHO this one advantage that the leftists have and exploit. Their ideas are less parts of an ideology than they are tactics to use to move the Overton window and advance their political agenda.
And, yes, rightists believer their ideology and become obsessed with arguing about ideas and do not get to the point of acting on specifics.
Excellent point. It looks like the governments' depopulation programs were unnecessary overkill; other factors, including leftist feminism and weakening the family as a system, were going to do the job anyway
The government is always going to be a kingmaker for factions. The government will either be pro-family or anti-family; there is nothing in between. It might not be as explicit as compulsory laws, but it will have favorable rhetoric and treatment for certain people and not others.
While it is nice to talk about general trends, I do think we get lost in the weeds with abstract ideology, forgetting what the implications are. I would love to discuss individual policies on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes details are important. For examples, I saw libertarians and conservatives arguing with each other, and I was like "do we even know what we are talking about? What specific laws are we going to have?" I definitely like specificity over broad abstract ideologies. I will be me, and you can classify me as you see fit.
"I definitely like specificity over broad abstract ideologies."
IMHO this one advantage that the leftists have and exploit. Their ideas are less parts of an ideology than they are tactics to use to move the Overton window and advance their political agenda.
And, yes, rightists believer their ideology and become obsessed with arguing about ideas and do not get to the point of acting on specifics.