Ooooh, there's agreement amongst sociologists (which there isn't) that settles it then! It's a rhetorical power grab. Of course it's useful to factor in power (not exactly a genius level thought!), but the only one true definition stuff is just a boring political game.
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So I also like to annoy people on Twitter lol, but I’m mostly immune to it myself. With respect to earlier and the argument from authority that I used, basically I couldn’t be bothered explaining it to him. Especially when he was just being s pedant.
I don't think he'd deny the importance of power. It's a point about language. People might think the Marxist conception of social class has more explanatory power, etc., than other conceptions. But nobody seriously claims we shouldn't talk about class in other ways... do they?
