The TaraElla Story

Chapter 33. Sometimes, You Have To Go Alone By the late 2010s, the cultural and political landscape of the West had taken what I believed was a turn for the worse. Postmodern critical theory inspired identity politics activism had become the most prominent faction of 'the Left', and old-school liberalism was definitely out of fashion among young adults passionate about social justice. Meanwhile, many of those who opposed this new identity politics were taking a 'fight negativity with negativity' approach, which was ineffective, and also predisposed them to effectively siding with reactionaries or even bigots sometimes.

Enabled by the design and algorithms of many social media platforms, both camps also largely existed in their own echo chambers, and couldn't see their own faults. In both echo chambers, there was a strong tendency for people to agree with the majority view, and harshly reject those who didn't conform. As a 240