This nicely crystallizes something I've been trying to pin down for a long time. I need to think about this more.https://twitter.com/iamcuriousblue/status/790222691894632448 …
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Inclined to agree, but isn't there a good deal of overlap between the 2, eg even externalities of 'power to' can become 'power over'
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Local/global problems in oppression are difficult, as evidenced by the fact that no one has a damn clue how to solve them.
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But constructions like 'structural oppression', as deployed, don't help; they just give you an invisible, gaseous Power that...
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...obscures actual questions of lower-case power and justifies whatever you wanted from the argument.
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Good point :)
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@rivenhomewood As my own sisters would say (while grabbing my hand and smacking me with it) "QUIT HITTING YOURSELF! STOP IT!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@St_Rev 1/ Related to this: One of the things I've noticed about Progs/SJWs is the slippery slope isn't a fallacy for them. - 7 more replies
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