In order to understand why so much today doesn’t make sense to you, you need to understand Postmodernism. I highly recommend Stephen Hicks book, “Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault”.
Once you understand the philosophy that claims there is no objective truth, the philosophy that is accepted and taught directly and indirectly at many if not most better universities and colleges then what you are seeing into today’s culture and politic will make perfect sense.
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