The Madness of Crowds might well have been titled "The Strange Death of Political Discourse," as Murray illustrates how the weaponization of identity and victimhood has poisoned the political culture.
Murray's book is divided into four main chapters corresponding to the four main social justice identities: Gay, Women, Race, and Trans.
The theory, Murray notes, "Is an invitation to spend the rest of our lives attempting to work out each and every identity and vulnerability claim in ourselves and others and then organize along whatever system of justice emerges from the perpetually moving hierarchy which we uncover."
In his discussion of women, Murray notes that there is "a presumption that almost all relationships in the workplace and elsewhere are centered around the exercise of power." The relationship between men and women, crucial to a stable society, are thus viewed through a Marxist prism, as if we are discussing labor and capital.
"We have begun trying to reorder our societies not in line with facts we know from science but based on political falsehoods pushed by activists in the social sciences," Murray concludes.
Murray notes, "Being gay has become one of the central building blocks of identity, politics, and 'identity politics.'" Yet, as Murray points out, "LGBT" hardly exists as a cohesive community.
"The aim of identity politics would appear to be to politicize absolutely everything," Murray writes, something to which anyone who watches football or listens to late night TV can attest.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/the_mob_and_social_justice.html
Murray's book is divided into four main chapters corresponding to the four main social justice identities: Gay, Women, Race, and Trans.
The theory, Murray notes, "Is an invitation to spend the rest of our lives attempting to work out each and every identity and vulnerability claim in ourselves and others and then organize along whatever system of justice emerges from the perpetually moving hierarchy which we uncover."
In his discussion of women, Murray notes that there is "a presumption that almost all relationships in the workplace and elsewhere are centered around the exercise of power." The relationship between men and women, crucial to a stable society, are thus viewed through a Marxist prism, as if we are discussing labor and capital.
"We have begun trying to reorder our societies not in line with facts we know from science but based on political falsehoods pushed by activists in the social sciences," Murray concludes.
Murray notes, "Being gay has become one of the central building blocks of identity, politics, and 'identity politics.'" Yet, as Murray points out, "LGBT" hardly exists as a cohesive community.
"The aim of identity politics would appear to be to politicize absolutely everything," Murray writes, something to which anyone who watches football or listens to late night TV can attest.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/the_mob_and_social_justice.html
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