"An astute colleague of mine once observed that liberal democracies in the West were generally run for the benefit of the top, say, 20 percent of the wealth and income distribution. The trick, he added, to keeping this scheme running smoothly has been to convince, especially at election time, the next 30 to 35 percent of the income distribution to fear the poorest half more than they envy the richest 20 percent."
pg 18-19, Two Cheers for Anarchism, James C. Scott.
Several years ago I very much thought this was good stuff...now...while it looks good (but is erroneous) it is very obvious to me that it was written by a white man presenting the thinking of another white man.
I seem to be getting into a place where I can usually tell what race/sex positions someone occupies by reading some of their thinking.
It's rather disorienting.
Thursday, April 19, 2018
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