Identity politics has never wielded more power than it does today, and has never been more fervently opposed.
This paradox is particularly evident in the United States, where ongoing protests and riots over racial injustice have rent the urban landscape and with it the social fabric of the world’s most powerful nation. At the same time, the rise of “cancel culture” has rent the American mind, with even speech once thought innocuous resulting in the ostracization, silencing and professional decimation of those who offend the sensibilities of particular identity groups.
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