I don't really find oppression to be a compelling concept for categories I'm supposedly oppressed in, and so I don't find it a compelling concept for categories I'm not oppressed in either.
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Is that a matter of perspective? What you like or dislike, is different for others?
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Sort of but maybe not? As in, I don't really view myself as oppressed despite other people viewing stuff I've gone through as oppression. It doesn't seem to be about like and dislike as much as the lens we use to interpret it.
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I think that may because oppression is a universal condition. We are all, from the grape-picker to the start-up seller oppressed by something.
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There's this huge mistake (category error) people make when they apply systemic parameters to individuals.
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well, im sure that’s very reassuring for all the non-millionaires out there. I’ll let them know
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It's almost like every set of advantages has a corresponding set of disadvantages, and most people are unable to overcome their instinctive focus on the latter.
ESPECIALLY in comparison with "competitors," even when there is no meaningful competition.
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Amy Wax’s comments informing.
Oppression has an impact. There are effects almost everywhere u see it in the world (Indian caste; post colonial societies)
However, it can’t be the only factor. Too many counter egs (Chinese in Malay; Ashkenazi Jews; Indians in Fiji)
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