>> Isn't that fundamental to politics?
>
> yes, it is. the problem is that moralizing pretends it's not about
> politics. rather, it's about taste, distinction, judgement.
>
> when people acknowledge that they want to advance a vision of the good
> life that demands certain kinds of personal behavior regarding sex,
> food, art, pedicures, clothing, etc. then we're making progress (hi
> carrol!). but most of the time, no one wants to say that. instead, they
> want the place that such judgements come from to be pure, unadulterated
> by the desire for power, the desire to make others conform to their
> tastes, preferences, judgements. their taste and judgement is only
> natural, what everyone should want if they weren't blinded by the veils
> of ideology. where that judgement comes from is magically not blinded by
> the veils of ideology.
>
> radfemz are awesome at this.
>
> shag
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