it’s honestly sad how reactionary many male STEM majors are (and i say this as a woman of color with one major in a STEM field) because science is, i think, one of the most important avenues for leftist activism. it’s utterly necessary for revolution. and we’ve seen so many incredible scientific icons who were leftists. i hate that the left often devalues STEM fields tbh, but it’s also upsetting that people in STEM often use their skills for capitalist or reactionary ends.
the interesting thing about science is that it can be used to kill people but it can also be used to save people. wielded as a force for good, it can and should be used to further anti-capitalist revolution.
I…can I hug you for this?
#i feel unwelcome in most leftist spaces as a stem person#there’s a meme that went around a few months ago that implied that if you work in stem that means you hate the working class and want to#abuse amazon workers
my comrade!!! yes you can!
and also lmfao i saw that meme and it pissed me off so much because fucking humanities/liberal arts majors are so fucking obnoxious! they really think that people in their fields can’t be reactionary as well. it’s just one of the many reasons i can’t stand them.
anyway there are so many leftists who are in STEM fields and tbh tumblr doesn’t know jack shit about STEM unfortunately beyond typical buzzwords and lines of the day it passes around but yeah! STEM majors are diverse and there are plenty of us who are leftists. it’s no wonder that many celebrated scientific icons were leftists as well!
Part of the problem is being nerdy is seen as a good thing nowadays which causes a “lol u nerd” backlash in counter-cultural settings I think. Not to mention most of the annoying people that fuel the backlash aren’t even in STEM, they just like sharing Neil Degrasse Tyson tweets and bragging about how they have a high enough IQ to understand Rick and Morty.
But at the same time, it’s like much of the driving force behind leftist politics these days is urgency due to the threat of climate change and whenever people both share posts about that and anti-STEM posts I want to be like “who you think built the cliMATE CHANGE MODELS??”
Also, and I know this is anecdotal evidence and all but I went to a science-oriented college and it was full of leftists.
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