{"id":415731,"date":"2022-03-14T03:33:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T00:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ukraine-brings-reality-to-west-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T03:33:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T00:33:03","slug":"ukraine-brings-reality-to-west-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-brings-reality-to-west-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ukraine brings reality to West and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ae8e7db94d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ae8e7db94d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-brings-reality-to-west-and-other-commentary\/#%E2%80%9CUkraine_brings_reality_to_West_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ukraine brings reality to West and other commentary&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-brings-reality-to-west-and-other-commentary\/#Culture_critic_Ukraine_Brings_Reality_to_West\" >Culture critic: Ukraine Brings Reality to West<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-brings-reality-to-west-and-other-commentary\/#Liberal_Dems_Losing_the_Working_Class\" >Liberal: Dems Losing the Working Class<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-brings-reality-to-west-and-other-commentary\/#Libertarian_Warrens_Demented_Gas-Price_Fix\" >Libertarian: Warren\u2019s Demented Gas-Price Fix<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-brings-reality-to-west-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_Trans_Radicals_Alienate_Americans\" >Conservative: Trans Radicals Alienate Americans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-brings-reality-to-west-and-other-commentary\/#Identity_watch_Why_Not_To_Capitalize_%E2%80%9CBlack%E2%80%9D\" >Identity watch: Why Not To Capitalize \u201cBlack\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUkraine_brings_reality_to_West_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ukraine brings reality to West and other commentary&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ukraine-invasion.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Culture_critic_Ukraine_Brings_Reality_to_West\"><\/span>Culture critic: Ukraine Brings Reality to West<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The war in Ukraine \u201cimplicitly issues a challenge to the unseriousness, the smallness, of what passes for public life in the 21st-century West,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2022\/03\/11\/the-end-of-the-age-of-fragility-2\/\">declares Spiked\u2019s Brendan O\u2019Neill<\/a>. \u201cAs everyday Ukrainians pull together and arm themselves with guns and petrol bombs, Britain\u2019s military top brass have rather different concerns. Such as why you should avoid using words like \u2018manpower\u2019, \u2018strong\u2019 and \u2018grip.\u2019 \u201d It once \u201ctook war to hurt us; now it only takes words.\u201d This war on European soil confirms \u201chistory is coming violently back to life, and that, morally, politically and physically, we are not prepared for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liberal_Dems_Losing_the_Working_Class\"><\/span>Liberal: Dems Losing the Working Class<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIn a loose sense,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theliberalpatriot.substack.com\/p\/the-democrats-working-class-voter?s=r\">warns Ruy Teixeira at The Liberal Patriot<\/a>, Republicans are already \u201cthe party of the multiracial working class\u201d: In 2020, \u201cTrump carried the overall working class (noncollege) vote by 4 points.\u201d And the GOP won that vote for Congress \u201cin three of the last four elections,\u201d with a tie in 2018. Dems presume it\u2019s \u201cpurely a matter of white working class voters,\u201d but \u201csince 2012, nonwhite working class voters have shifted away from the Democrats by 18 margin points.\u201d This \u201cshould be unacceptable\u201d: \u201cWhat is the point of a left party that cannot command the loyalty of the working class and therefore plausibly claim to represent its interests?\u201d Dems must \u201crebrand themselves on cultural issues, where they are decidedly out of step with working class opinion on issues around crime, immigration, race, gender, schools and language policing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Libertarian_Warrens_Demented_Gas-Price_Fix\"><\/span>Libertarian: Warren\u2019s Demented Gas-Price Fix<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren \u201csays the solution to high gas prices is higher taxes on oil companies,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/03\/09\/elizabeth-warren-says-the-solution-to-high-gas-prices-is-higher-taxes-on-oil-companies\/\">notes Reason\u2019s Ronald Bailey,<\/a> but \u201chistory shows that imposing a windfall profits tax on oil is particularly shortsighted.\u201d When \u201cthe Iran oil shock\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>led prices in 1979, \u201cPresident Jimmy Carter championed the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax of 1980.\u201d But it \u201craised far less money than projected\u201d while \u201creducing the amount of oil that would have otherwise been supplied.\u201d Warren\u2019s proposal would have the same results: \u201cless domestic production, more dependence on foreign oil, higher prices at the pump, and negligible tax revenue.\u201d In fact, the \u201cprospect of higher profit margins is already encouraging investment in domestic oil production.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_Trans_Radicals_Alienate_Americans\"><\/span>Conservative: Trans Radicals Alienate Americans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cTransgender activists won\u2019t experience the level of rapid success that gay-rights activists enjoyed over the past several decades,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/03\/the-trans-movement-is-failing-where-the-gay-rights-movement-succeeded\/\">predicts National Review\u2019s Philip Klein<\/a>. \u201cThe women\u2019s sports issue is the one most likely to backfire on the transgender movement as more people witness what it means in practice.\u201d Klein points to University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, \u201cwho was ranked 462 as a male swimmer but shot up to No. 1\u201d after transitioning and allowed to compete against collegiate women. When transgender activists call for \u201cmore tolerance and compassion,\u201d the public is supportive. But they risk pushback when their agenda runs counter to \u201cAmericans\u2019 understanding of human biology as well as their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciation for basic fairness.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Identity_watch_Why_Not_To_Capitalize_%E2%80%9CBlack%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Identity watch: Why Not To Capitalize \u201cBlack\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter team has \u201cobviously made the decision\u201d not to capitalize \u201cblack,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/glennloury.substack.com\/p\/why-i-dont-capitalize-black?s=r\">writes Glenn Loury at The Glenn Show<\/a>. Why? The choice indicates \u201cthe writer\u2019s alignment with one of two hazily defined but still distinguishable political positions regarding the coherence of racial identity.\u201d Few capitalize \u201cwhite,\u201d for example, because doing so \u201ctreats whites as a coherent, unified people, an idea that has its roots, to my mind, in white identity politics of the most virulent kind. But if all the disparate groups that constitute \u2018whites\u2019 don\u2019t comprise a single people, why should all the disparate groups that constitute \u2018blacks\u2019 do so?\u201d It\u2019s hard to see \u201cthe sociological similarities between\u201d a \u201cwealthy member of Lagos\u2019s business class and a man on Chicago\u2019s South Side working three part-time jobs just to pay his rent. Learning that both are black\u201d says \u201cprecisely nothing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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