WHAT IS POLITICS? Why the “Left” is full of Cancel Goblins, Stalinist Gooners, D.E.Idiots and Post-Modern Tallywankers
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Mar 5, 2026 A sharp take on why egalitarian politics keep failing despite rising inequality. Critiques of DEI, cancel culture and identity-first strategies. Traces neoliberal constraints, class vs identity organizing, and how certain left trends can unintentionally empower the right. Ends with a call to rebuild popular, class-based movements.
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1970s Shift Created Neoliberal Constraints
- The 1970s crises and end of Bretton Woods enabled capital mobility that weakened governments' ability to tax the rich.
- This structural shift produced neoliberalism, stagflation responses, and decades of shrinking welfare capacity.
DEI Makes The Left Seem Like An Elite Cult
- DEI and elite culture make the left look like an authoritarian, elitist movement to ordinary people.
- That perception pushes moderates toward the right because they fear job or social sanctions.
Symbolic Wins Replaced Economic Programs
- Many left parties shifted from economic redistribution to symbolic social wins like gay marriage because taxation of the rich became infeasible.
- These low-cost victories are appealing to corporations and avoid challenging elite wealth.