> Most notably, one's racial and gender identity are brought to the foreground as bar none the primary contributors to the outcomes an individual will encounter. Not too far behind is the usual suspect of economic class, where "boomers" and "landlords" are the new bourgeois, and debt-laden millennial college graduate is the proletariat class.
Personally, my experience is that a lot of these individuals outright dismiss class inequality altogether, and put an unwarranted level of importance on gender/race as the defining factors of someone's life. For them, it seems like it doesn't matter if some white man is dirt poor working a terrible job in an area with no economic prospects, merely being male or white is somehow being 'privileged'.
The skepticism about markets and market value is definitely a worrying trend though. As is the general disdain towards capitalism and everything associated with a free market, which feels like people misunderstanding both of those things. Corporate corruption and poor regulations are certainly issues, but that doesn't mean the underlying concept is bad too.
Personally, my experience is that a lot of these individuals outright dismiss class inequality altogether, and put an unwarranted level of importance on gender/race as the defining factors of someone's life. For them, it seems like it doesn't matter if some white man is dirt poor working a terrible job in an area with no economic prospects, merely being male or white is somehow being 'privileged'.
The skepticism about markets and market value is definitely a worrying trend though. As is the general disdain towards capitalism and everything associated with a free market, which feels like people misunderstanding both of those things. Corporate corruption and poor regulations are certainly issues, but that doesn't mean the underlying concept is bad too.