Conservative and reactionary politicians like to say that they would be centrists if it were not for the planet to drive towards leftist radicalism, and all conventional values were under the fire of the "woke", "cultural Marxism" or "political correctness" movement – all period we get a fresh word for the same, threatening the "normality" phenomenon.
Meanwhile, in planet politics, besides on the left, it is present mainly about rising cost of living, safety and migration, and so on matters of outstanding materiality. In Poland, too, the themes which are scorned by customs seem to be little crucial than a fewer years ago, erstwhile there were mass protests against the tightening of abortion law or “ LGBT-free zones”, anti-clericism was more fashionable, and the voices of further number groups appeared in the public debate.
They don't sleep due to the fact that they number sex.
In the ongoing presidential campaign, progressive candidates like fire avoid occupying positions that could set them in 1 row with the “soy” worldview left. Adrian Zandberg focuses on wellness care and workers' rights, Piotr Szumlewicz calls for a functioning stateEven Magdalena Biejat Surprisingly tiny talk About the abortion. Despite the deficiency of government success in this field, left-wing politicians are increasingly little and little afraid about LGBT rights. Paulina Matysiak statedthat handling pronouns will not aid in the fight for the support of the region Poland.
However, this does not mean that these topics have disappeared from public debate. The right hand is constantly afraid about their presence.
In this respect, a fresh debate in the Zero Channel was very good, including Jakub Dymek, Łukasz Warzechy and Tomasz Wróblewski. At 1 point, the impatient Smoke criticized the level of the conversation, appealing not to deal with "the scrapping of people with limited cognitive capacity" (specifically Trump's decree on the existence of 2 sexes) and return to "serious". This was met with the sharp reaction of right-wing publicists – they began to defend the issue of sex numbers as absolutely crucial, at the same time mocking the introduction of discussion into economics, i.e., as has been derisively stated, the alleged "scenarios of corporations and capitalists".
Finance, work, and even more class issues, The modern right doesn't like to talk – it would turn out that the parties representing it have small to offer in these fields to the vast majority of people, while the Polish reactionaries would be awarded The fresh American administration consists mainly of oligarchs. It is better to focus on minorities, due to the fact that putting them as scapegoats works perfectly in the fight for the sympathy of the majority. Migrant will take the job, the unincorporated teacher will corrupt the child, the innoreca will plant the bomb somewhere – and it's all the responsibility of the left, no substance what its activists actually say.
Who can talk about workers?
On social media, there was quite a few talk about the performance of an unincorporated associate Together on TVN24 – although the subject of the conversation was not "fashionable nonsense", the problem for many proved to be the appearance and pronoun of the individual speaking about labour rights and the presidential run of Adrian Zandberg. The activist of the left organization was combined with the builders talking about voting for Sławomir Mentzen, the most anti-worker presidential candidate, to prove that without a appropriate presence to the "people" it would not reach. After all, it is known that a politician is to have the presence of an aged PSL activist, or possibly to be a forty-year-old "young anger", necessarily a man. There are no another options.
It turns out that the problem is not even what the left says, but whose lips. As shortly as a number typical takes the floor, his identity grows to the rank of subject number one, even if he has no connection with what the conversation is about. any express contempt, others express concern for the good results of the left, and it is essential to hide activists who do not fit into the social groups they want to represent.
It is worth noting that only in the case of the left is expectations so high. Donald Trump, along with a squad of billionaires, can act on behalf of the working class, in Germany, at the head of the “traditional family” of the AfD organization stands a lesbian, and the children of immigrants operating in the anti-immigrant parties we have for a bunch. In politics, people who do not have much in common with their electorate can play. However, if they preach progressive ideas, they are constantly exposed to alleged hypocrisy or detachment from “the people.” If any left-wing organization were represented only by white, heterosexual men of working origin, it would most likely be possible to fasten its “soy” label, which deals with “bizdom”.
So bad and so bad
Looking at the political situation of Poland and Europe, 1 can get the impression that the left is in a lost position, and that it is mostly due to its own responsibility – for example due to Social Democratic organization errorswhich in erstwhile decades have failed their conventional electorates. This was not due to the conflict for women's rights, LGBT people or migrants, but due to the acceptance of neoliberal workers. Now, the challenge is to get voters back and halt the emergence in the popularity of the far right, which demagogues and falsely identifies the guilty problems affecting many Europeans.
In search of a appropriate strategy, any propose turning distant from the guilty of the full evil of the planet of minorities, just to regain the trust of the frustrated majority. The problem is that giving up human rights by fighting and accepting the rhetoric of the extremist right does nothing in the long run, only strengthens the latter, as shown, for example, by the dubious results of parroting anti-immigrant demands.
However, if progressives make the fight against xenophobia or homophobia the main point of their program, they hazard to legitimize the allegations of opponents and to be classified as representatives of minorities, no 1 else. In both cases – surrender or fight for the rights of discriminated groups – the left is exposed to whips.
In the face of specified attacks, it is increasingly apparent that the left side is trying to free from the image of a number representative, which is actually right, as it represents the economical interests of the large majority of society. In fact, however, genders or pronouns have been scorned lately by either right-wing politicians or the part of the left that is very reluctant to focus on worldview. As you can see, this is an highly effective way to nullify the full left and marginalise not only human rights issues, but besides labour rights and the full class conflict.
If the left wants to break the dominance of the right-wing discourse, which presents selected minorities as abroad bodies to the general public – a political problem, not full citizens – it will not aid it even partially accept this position. Workers have common interests regardless of ethnic, gender, sexual or any another identity – creating or deepening divisions in this field only favours oligarchs, the actual and the aspiring ones. Just look at the actions of Elon Musk, a erstwhile illegal immigrant who does everything to prevent the merger ‘wagers’ against ‘gentlemen’.
The Left should fight to shift the public debate to economical issues, but hiding its head in the sand will not avoid the cultural wars launched by the right. The way to gain the majority does not lead by forgetting the rights of minorities – contrary to what the right-wing populists suggest. Their recipe will not work on the another side of the political scene, due to the fact that playing on the terms of the opponent is hard to win. alternatively of taking the incorrect cards, a fresh hand must be sought, in which economical equality will not be opposed to equality on another levels.
