It's the Bourdieu thing about Marx not being a Marxist—ideological texts compress the world along 1 or 2 dimensions (e.g. power & class) not b/c the writer believes they're the only dimensions that matter, but b/c the writer believes they're causally underrated.
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Yes that's a factor, but also: deciphering it yields a sense of insight which you confuse for substantial insight. And treating a lot as not needing explanation feeds a sense of superiority in both reader and writer.
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Yes I have thought the same, but you can make it like that without obnoxious, self-important coquetting. I guess I just don't like it.
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