Last weekend we drove out to Mesopotomia, Ohio (aka Mespo) which is a small, rural town in the Grand River Valley. It's not too far away from where we live, but it's like a different world because of the high proportion of Amish people, and the rural landscape. When you visit a place like that, you can really see how civilization is a thing of its own that exists through a people since the Amish economy and day-to-day life is distinct from that of their immediate neighbors. The thing is really like the God of those people.
It's easier to imagine the circumstances of the Crusades against the Cathars in the 13th century when you visit a place like Mespo. In the world conception of the thuggish Catholic Church and Monarchies of the day, a distinct people and religion like that of the Cathars or the Amish today was anathema, since it represented a threat against their civic and religious order. (In WWI, Hutterites who refused to serve in the US military were tortured to death in prison)
Lefty identity politics is pretty weird when you contrast how the Amish maintain their distinct culture within a larger sea of people with no apparent sense of victimhood, i.e. being a loser. If you want to maintain a distinct way of life, which you believe is better for you and yours, then you have to actively maintain it. Lefty identity politics is weirdly passive and spoiled-child entitled.
The constant complaint and resentment against "white people" is really like that of the Catholic Church against the Cathars, except it's more the other way around in terms of population and power. The lefty racist blames all his problems on the white man instead of just living his own life and seeking after his own interests, which is exactly what whiny white klansmen do.
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