What mattered to this new generation of leftists was the distribution of cultural power among groups—not the fortunes and universal rights of “working men” in the abstract but the fortunes and rights of specific types of men and women, whose race or gender or sect was “privileged” and whose was not. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the absurdities of planned economies settled one question. But the political and social and cultural questions—who was on top, what spoils would they reap—remained open.

- Bernie Sanders’ Fossil Socialism, by Matthew Continetti, FreeBeacon.com, May 29, 2017.

2. This phrase “Identity Politics” has been bandied about a lot since the 2016 presidential election. Mostly it has been used to bash women and feminists who voted for Hillary Clinton by the conservative right and even some on the progressive left.

Identity politics is not new and the truth is that all politics are identity politics. Name me any politician and I will tell you their identity and the subsequent group of voters they may attract. It doesn’t matter if they are right, left, centrist, or from outer space, all candidates practice Identity Politics.

Take the candidates from this last election and the groups that identified with them:

Senator Marco Rubio: young, conservative Cubans

Senator Ted Cruz: conservative Evangelical Christians

Senator Bernie Sanders: progressive young people

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