Observations about the world, part twenty-four
Photograph of the Atlas globe Identity politics | Monday – February 23, 2026 The preponderance of what has been labeled "identity politics" or "identity discourse" seems to have reached a kind of crescendo in the Western world , particularly within the dying American Empire , which seems curious in light of the supposedly " enlightened " and individualistic ideals of that society; more about that in my post about the "American Empire" that I linked to above. If you're also interested in understanding identity then I direct you to my " Collectivism & Individualism series ", where I dwell on the concepts of identity and collectivist politics in greater detail. So, I do not intend on rehashing or repeating what I have stated elsewhere in this post. What is identity politics and has it really reached a peak? Well, I will start by dispelling the last part of that question: I do not believe that the phenomena of identity discourse...