The social rewards in these subgroups have shifted to such a point where Defecting is seen as commendable and morally virtuous.
Not only subgroups. Discriminating against conservative people when hiring on universities was considered virtuous by… almost everyone except for the conservatives themselves, and a handful of principled liberals?
(As someone who would vote for Democrats—while holding my nose—if I lived in USA, as I see it, the Democrats defected first. And Republicans are now doing the same thing, only 10 times faster.)
I think the matter is a fair bit more complex than this, but I’ll refrain from discussing explicitly partisan politics on this site, despite the relaxation of the old norms.
I would also prefer not to be partisan, but unfortunately, framing things as “neutral vs conservative” is a trick that one side has been using for a while, and I believe it is impossible to fix the problem without addressing this tactic explicitly.
Basically, we need to make sure that “non-partisan” does not mean “supporting (pre-Trump) status quo”.
Funnily enough, I was also thinking about that exact SSC post when I was writing my comment. I do think I have a different perspective on this matter from yours, however.
Not only subgroups. Discriminating against conservative people when hiring on universities was considered virtuous by… almost everyone except for the conservatives themselves, and a handful of principled liberals?
(As someone who would vote for Democrats—while holding my nose—if I lived in USA, as I see it, the Democrats defected first. And Republicans are now doing the same thing, only 10 times faster.)
I think the matter is a fair bit more complex than this, but I’ll refrain from discussing explicitly partisan politics on this site, despite the relaxation of the old norms.
I would also prefer not to be partisan, but unfortunately, framing things as “neutral vs conservative” is a trick that one side has been using for a while, and I believe it is impossible to fix the problem without addressing this tactic explicitly.
Basically, we need to make sure that “non-partisan” does not mean “supporting (pre-Trump) status quo”.
Funnily enough, I was also thinking about that exact SSC post when I was writing my comment. I do think I have a different perspective on this matter from yours, however.