There’s this hypothesis in social justice psychology that in an oppressive relationship the oppressed cannot find liberation alone. The oppressor is also trapped and both have to find liberation together (iirc that’s the logic behind “none of us is free until all of us are free”)
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When I first heard the idea (there’s probably a canonical reference) it seemed wrong. The oppressor is clearly free in ways the oppressed is not.
Then I grokked the logic.
Now I’ve kinda flipped. I don’t think the oppressor can ever be free, but the oppressed have a shot at it.
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The tldr of my reverse argument is: if you’re on the top of a hill, you’re likely to die trapped there, because it is hard, often impossible, to see the point of getting off. If you’re at the bottom, there’s a reason to try. Both can move, only one has a default reason to.
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There’s some intriguing arguments and a pretty elegant power calculus theory underneath modern social justice politics, if you have the stomach to look past the warrioring and end-times clusterfuck. I don’t entirely buy the psychological axioms, but there’s a there there.
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When the Great Woke Meltdown is done and a decent period has passed to let the dust settle, I plan to take another look at this stuff. Claim some of the better intellectual turf at firesale prices, repackage them in libertarian language to confuse people, and resurrect them 😎
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But that ain't gonna work, is it, if your primary goal is to replace the other guy as king of the hill? And most of the time I've interacted with the seriously woke, that's what I see as behind the mask. Not "justice for all" but "I call the shots".
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