Uniquely insightful! While on the surface the Indian right-wing politics and the American leftist woke movement appear to be on the opposite ends of the spectrum, if we compare their underlying social psychologies, as this article does, surprising similarities emerge! In-group virtue signalling, out-group demonization, censorship and cancel-culture are all in that list of observable similarities. But, as the article argues, there might be more fundamental aspects of social psychology common to these movements. Sandwiched between these two ideologies, what suffers is 'traditional liberablism' unfortunately, and it is the need of the hour to rescue it.
Absolutely fascinating insights!
This is my just posted article on the subtleties of colonialism:
https://open.substack.com/pub/danielclarkeserret/p/terra-nullius?r=2bk821&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Uniquely insightful! While on the surface the Indian right-wing politics and the American leftist woke movement appear to be on the opposite ends of the spectrum, if we compare their underlying social psychologies, as this article does, surprising similarities emerge! In-group virtue signalling, out-group demonization, censorship and cancel-culture are all in that list of observable similarities. But, as the article argues, there might be more fundamental aspects of social psychology common to these movements. Sandwiched between these two ideologies, what suffers is 'traditional liberablism' unfortunately, and it is the need of the hour to rescue it.