“The people who blame wokeness for the collapse of a bank do not want you to understand or even think about the political economy of banking in the United States. They want to deflect your attention from the real questions toward a manufactured cultural conflict. And the reason they want to do this is to obscure the extent to which they are complicit in — or responsible for — creating an environment in which banks collapse for lack of appropriate regulation.”
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If Judith Butler didn't exist, Steve Bannon would have had to invent her. Explain why.
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This statement is a reference to Judith Butler, a prominent philosopher and gender theorist, and Steve Bannon, a political strategist and former advisor to Donald Trump. The statement suggests that Bannon, who is known for his far-right political views, would have created Butler if she didn't already exist, in order to serve as a target for his political attacks.
Bannon has a history of targeting left-leaning intellectuals and academics as part of his political strategy, and Judith Butler is one of his most frequent targets. Butler's work, which includes critiques of gender norms and the construction of identity, has been used by Bannon and others on the right as an example of supposed "cultural Marxism" and a threat to traditional values and institutions.
In other words, the statement suggests that Butler's work has become a convenient target for Bannon and other right-wing figures, who use it to rally their base and demonize their opponents. If Butler did not exist, Bannon would have had to create someone like her in order to continue this narrative and maintain his political power.
