Pet Peeves, Or What Annoyed You Today?

[General Ceel]

What annoys me is how people seem to feel they have to block-select their beliefs. It's like, I consider myself left-wing therefore I believe in socialism, but also take all the other stuff linked with that; pro-abortion, pro-letting male born people compete in women's sports, etc. The reality is, no one philosophical or political ideology is going to be 100% correct, a pick n mix of different ideologies is likely to lead to a more harmonious and better functioning society.

In economic terms, I'm essentially a socialist. However, you talk to like-minded socialists and mention that you are un-easy with the idea that male-born people can self ID as a woman and access female-only spaces and sports, and you are instantly ostracised. It's like, you sign up to it all or none at all. That's not how the world works.

I completely get where you are coming from. In my mind, it has to be some sort of weird new version of "tribalism." People have always divide themselves into tribes. But the human population has never been so high, while also having so much connectivity. This connectivity opens us up to influence. Now the people in power have the ability to pretend to be like us. So know the groups we divide ourselves into have become larger and more top down.