Forget about socialism, democratic socialism, or liberal socialism, or whatever-socialism, a new and more radical socialist theory is sweeping across leftism.
Affirmative action economics, also called affirmative action socialism, uses affirmative action to create equality among people that identify as marginalized. Like with other forms of socialism, the end goal is not about money, but about equality or ‘equality.’
And it’s not about equality for social class, but equality for minority groups. Already, the US has some type of basic affirmative action socialism, such as reserving spots for minorities in universities and jobs. Moreover, there has been calls to pay massive reparations to African-Americans due to slavery.
But this is nothing compared to ‘hardcore’ affirmative action socialism, which does whatever it takes to achieve equality for groups that identify as marginalized. For example, taxes and market prices would be higher for whites while tax deductions, wages, and social benefits would be lower. Radical leftists also want to continuously revise how much financial burden whites will bear until they are impoverished to the level of minorities.
But to the radical left, who exactly is a minority? It’s more than just racial ones, there’s also other types of commonly identified minorities, such as religious minorities and sexual minorities. Even more confusing are the new types of minorities being constantly added, such as ‘weight minorities’ and ‘immigration status minorities’, which is the same as illegal immigrants.
It’s a big challenge to ensure that every minority type or types is equal, especially if individuals identify with more than one group of minority. For example, how does a government ensure that the straight white Christian males and lesbian transgender-female atheist blacks are economically equalized, while ensuring that illegal bi-sexual Muslim half-Syrian/half-Iraqi transgender-male migrants aren’t excluded? As laughable or dreary as this sounds, it’s a future that leftists are fighting for.
Even the simplest daily pleasures would be banned, such as athletic events and organizations. The NBA and college basketball will be banned since the sport leaves out the short. Soccer will be banned for leaving out those without legs. Marathons will be banned for leaving out the obese and those without legs. Sharpshooting and archery will be banned for leaving out the blind.
However, leftists claim that those marginalized can be accommodated since the disabled have their own sports, such as the Paralympics and wheelchair basketball. But their true hypocrisy is revealed when they complain that the less-athletic versions of sports have gotten less sponsors and viewers. As a starting point, they have attempted to galvanize the public over the fact that women athletes were paid less than their male counterparts, despite that fact that male ones earn more due to their natural athleticism. Now, they try to make sports and even bathrooms more ‘accommodating’ to transgenders, despite that ‘bathroom choice’ ironically marginalizes those most vulnerable to sexual assault.
Leftists have convinced themselves that affirmative action socialism is simply the next step of equality, citing past laws such as the Equal Rights Act and the American with Disabilities Act. But the difference is that past laws are only meant to elevate minorities in society. On the other hand, slapping extra taxes to members of the “traditional white male patriarchy” is elevating minorities at the expense of the innocent. It’s no longer about fairness, it’s now about revenge, power, and greed. Leftists now think they can’t win if they don’t make someone else lose first.
If affirmative action socialism gets implemented, how will tourists fly to Hawaii? After all, flying may be banned since the blind can’t become pilots. If people joked about swimming all the way there, they would complain that the deaf couldn’t hear the joke or that it reminds some people that they can’t swim.
Leftist logic itself may seem like a joke…until it gets implemented.