Tuesday, March 08, 2011
it ain't my system!
Justin laments that "our system" produces people with idiotic ideas. Naturally that's what the system will produce, because the system isn't "ours." It's Theirs. And one thing They do is employ people to spout ideas that are idiotic, in the sense that the ideas fail to accurately describe reality and/or are internally inconsistent, but useful, in the sense that the ideas help to preserve and expand Their power.
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I try to watch my possessive nouns when talking about the government, elites, etc. But our and we still slips in there when it should be their and them. Sloppiness more than anything.
Fair enough, and I'm not saying this to pick on you. I do the same thing constantly.
I do think that it is useful to repeatedly point out that certain people benefit from these social structures.
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