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Is it similar to the waves of feminism?

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[–] Grail@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago

They are people who have left-wing views on policy, diversity, and economics, but who see "the left" as flawed and do not wish to be associated with them. Common complaints include that "the left" is too invested in organisation, identity politics, and morality. Max Stirner, the Egoism guy, is a central figure in post-leftism.

Critics of post-leftists say that they're just leftists who want to seem different and hip and cool. The fundamental post-leftist assertion is that "the left" is a monolithic group of old fashioned people who never accomplished much good, and I disagree strongly. To Me, leftism cannot ever describe a single group, but instead describes a relation between a given group and a reference point; the left is a direction, not a place.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are anarchist groups and individuals who identify as post-leftist, including for example many anarcho-primitivists

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I guess I don't belong in this space as this probably is a "fundamental idea" and I don't really get it.

Thanks for the link nonetheless.

Not necessarily true. You don't have to understand everything to be here. I can't say I fully understand post-leftism myself, but I don't want to exclude them.

[–] wrenchmonkey@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

here are some audiobooks on youtube that detail aspects of post-leftist ideology. to my ear much of it seems interested in differentiating itself from existing leftist movements for internal political reasons, or an opinion that leftism will just create a new status quo, not going far enough for true liberation of the individual. I dont disagree, but I dont identify.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8kI89BQhdGYRWRB9pQafBPUNhxdEAy-V