![]() Identity issues provide the numbers and the electorate votes based on their emotions and prejudices that have been fanned by politicians. The issues of social justice, equality, freedom, inflation, cost of living and the need to provide equal opportunities are glossed over as emotional issues of blame and hurt galvanise the electorate and consume their votesīe it issues relating to colour, ethnicity, religion or nationality - these are equally felt by all in different ways and democracy becomes a victim of majoritarianism. ![]() ![]() Yet, these are not the bread-and-butter issues that politicians should be held to account. These identity fault lines are exploited and emotionally, these resonate with people’s grievances. LETTER | The politics of identity glosses over the real needs in many societies. ![]()
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