So I think a lot of the problems of the chronically online version of the left stem from the fact that, while in theory they talk about intersectionality, they haven't actually grasped the concept that someone can act in an oppressive way in one context and also be oppressed in another. Marx tried to have his binary of oppressor and oppresed on the criteria of class and economic status. Then I think that a lot of progressive leftists that wanted to also talk abt social issues and race issues and gender issues and not only focus on class (as they should) tried to copy paste the oppressor oppressed binary into social issues. But the problem is, bcs inherently social issues involve a lot of axis, that framework is going to fall short. I think this binary that the world is split into perfect oppressors and perfect oppressed victims has caused a shitton of problems.

It has caused the problem of the leftist who thinks that a white super poor uneducated guy in a Midwestern state is somehow part of the oppressor class bcs he is a white dude that votes for Trump. In some ways he is, bcs his actions are empowring Trump and harming minorities, and he should be held accountable for that. But at the same time, he is also an oppressed person, and calling him classist slurs and white trash and all is BAD. It has caused the problem of antisemitism not being taken seriously on the left. Bcs some chronically online leftists will conclude that because the Israeli government oppresses Palestinians, that automatically means that jewish people are part of the ''oppressor'' class and can never be oppressed by anyone. It has caused some of the soft IRGC apologia. Muslims are genuinely opressed in the context of the USA, especially after 9/11, and to the leftist binary this translates into ''Thus a muslim gov can't be truly oppressive''

Like oppression isn't your little maslow hierarchy, it is actually complex and it is EXTREMELY rare that someone will only be privileged or will only be oppressed Intersectionality btw was meant to explore all of that, but then everyone turned intersectionality into exactly the opposite of what it was supposed to be and used it to claim that what intersectionality proves is that white women are part of the oppressor class. When the fucking point should be there is not one specific perfect oppressor class