Wealth is not zero-sum, but power is. If somebody says they want to empower, ignore what they’re offering to give you. Focus on what they’re offering to give up.
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Disagree. Many forms of power humans have over each other are relatively recent developments.
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Wait... So all this talk about minority empowerment means they're gonna terk er jerbs?
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If you decentralize power, more people can hold and exercise the same power that was previously held by the few. Doesn't feel zero-sum to me.
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Do we have good examples of status redistribution post-agriculture/complex civilization? What does it look like? I'm envisioning certain intentional communities, mostly religious.
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The fact that write this tweet being in a democratic country witjout getting arrested,stabbed or worse proves you have sufficient power. It's already decentralised- what more do you want?









