Just an outside view that over the last decades, a number of groups who previously had to suppress their identities/were vilified are now more accepted (e.g., LGBTQ+, feminists, vegans), and I expect this trend to continue.
I’m curious if you expect this trend to change, or maybe we’re talking about slightly different things here?
The groups LGBTQ+, feminists, vegans are part of one group of values and people we moved to a point where people with that group of values have no reason anymore to hide their identity when being in cities.
Most of the identities where people currently have a lot to lose when they reveal their identity don’t belong to that cluster. To the extend that the trend of that cluster becomes stronger continues, many people for whom it’s currently very costly to reveal their identity won’t gain anything and might even face a higher cost of revealing their identity.
Generally, the more polarized a society is, the higher the amount of people who have something to lose by revealing their identity. I see rising polarization.
Just an outside view that over the last decades, a number of groups who previously had to suppress their identities/were vilified are now more accepted (e.g., LGBTQ+, feminists, vegans), and I expect this trend to continue.
I’m curious if you expect this trend to change, or maybe we’re talking about slightly different things here?
The groups LGBTQ+, feminists, vegans are part of one group of values and people we moved to a point where people with that group of values have no reason anymore to hide their identity when being in cities.
Most of the identities where people currently have a lot to lose when they reveal their identity don’t belong to that cluster. To the extend that the trend of that cluster becomes stronger continues, many people for whom it’s currently very costly to reveal their identity won’t gain anything and might even face a higher cost of revealing their identity.
Generally, the more polarized a society is, the higher the amount of people who have something to lose by revealing their identity. I see rising polarization.