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Interesting bit of an article in today's ST

Identity politics – who’d have thought it? – turns out to be largely performative.
It isn’t primarily about standing up for other people. It’s about broadcasting
your own compassion. Take, for example, the most recent instalment in our
culture war, namely the question of whether we should unhesitatingly accept
the Duchess of Sussex’s version of events because she is female and of mixed
race. Those piling in to do so are not especially concerned for her, or upset on
her behalf. What they’re really saying is: “Look at me! I’m a nice person!”

Such signalling, naturally, requires an audience. Take away the prize of social
media likes and its emptiness becomes painfully apparent. All of which prompts
the unsettling thought that the madness through which we have been passing
these past six or seven years, the so-called Great Awokening, is really a
product of technology.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...tity-politics/