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  • October 28, 2016 at 11:24 pm #56298
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    A british blog.

    The Canary:http://www.thecanary.co/

    October 29, 2016 at 9:56 am #56310
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    Points to my thing about hierarchies. Where the center-left goes wildly astray is in leaving class out of this. I think that has tragically impacted folks even further to the left as well, especially in academia. But that does seem to be changing in recent years, thank goddess.

    To me, we can’t achieve actual social justice if we leave neck-breaking verticalities in place, even if we somehow even things up within class lines — horizontally, in a sense. If we “diversify” the 1%, for instance, if we diversify the working class, etc. etc. . . . we’re not doing a thing to alter the massive injustice baked into any system that retains class divisions. Having more black, brown and female CEOs doesn’t close the gap between rich and poor, between the haves and the have nots.

    Yes, it is essential to end discrimination and segregation based on “race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality,” etc. None of that should exist. But if we leave class hierarchies in place, we still enable massive inequality and its ugly effects.

    Topple all pyramids, and we do the proverbial killing two birds with one stone. We all but end discrimination and segregation based on social factors, because we’ve wiped out the system that pays for it and supports it. Flatten hierarchies and there is no systemic ability to pursue long-standing discriminatory practices outside of class. We’ve crushed the inequality machine.

    October 29, 2016 at 2:31 pm #56318
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