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It is being exploited though. It's literally part of the strategy:

"The longer they talk about identity politics, I got 'em. I want them to talk about racism every day. If the Left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats." -Steve Bannon

>>Reedx+(OP)
And yet, Biden was a 'tough on crime' guy back in the 1980s and 1990s - his stances have contributed significantly to the institutional racism problem we all face today. Trump has a way better record on criminal justice reform. Don't fall for the hype. E.g. see https://www.politico.com/interactives/2020/justice-reform-bi...

>>zozbot+d1
> Trump has a way better record on criminal justice reform.

Yeah. For his friends.

>>Reedx+(OP)
Sure, but it was Bannon and Trump who brought that sort of thing into electoral politics. Barack Obama was constantly telling college students and "cancel culture" that they'd gone too far and needed more civic spirit and respect for others' liberties.

>>eli_go+B9
Do you have examples? The only one I'm aware of is this talk in 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHLd8de6nM

That was good, but too late. It seemed like he mostly got "Ok, boomer" responses from his target.

>>Reedx+kg
>That was good, but too late. It seemed like he mostly got "Ok, boomer" responses from his target.

Well, Obama was a President, not a cult leader. I'm not sure he ever really believed his voters would obey him about anything.

Nonetheless, he was at least mentioning it negatively at least as far back as 2015. https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/09/president-obama-on...