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oldguycrusty<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@farah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>farah</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ReligionPoisonsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligionPoisonsEverything</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Others" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Others</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Control</span></a></p>
Wm.son<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TFGElon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFGElon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BodyLaunguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BodyLaunguage</span></a></p><p>Makes Trump look extremely weak. He looks like a 6th grade student in class.</p>
Katy Elphinstone<p>“It’s your choice to feel hurt or not.”<br>“Take back your power!”</p><p>A thread. 🧵 </p><p>Telling people they ‘have the choice’ and to ‘take back their power’ can, at times, be a bit less helpful than one might think.</p><p>:ablobeyes: </p><p>1/8</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Abelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abelism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Minorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minorities</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Marginalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marginalized</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PowerDifferential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerDifferential</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hierarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a></p>
Katy Elphinstone<p>Why does the word 'protect' never seem to include giving people more power or autonomy?</p><p>*When applied to vulnerable parts of the population.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autistic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Minorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minorities</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sexism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Marginalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marginalized</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a></p>
PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CStamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CStamp</span></a></span> <br>Any <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> will abuse its power. The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> is: "why does the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PoliticalSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalSystem</span></a> everywhere tolerates and even foster it." <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ResidentialSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResidentialSchools</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> and add other religions and institutions. <br>Ask me how I know!</p>
Leisureguy<p>This article on the cult of being confident that's imposed on women seems to be an extract from their recent book.</p><p>Very interesting. Corporations like to externalize costs, and right-wing governments like to externalize governmental services and support by telling individuals to do things for themselves and not ask the government (which they elect and support) to help them.</p><p><a href="https://psyche.co/ideas/the-cult-of-being-confident-and-why-it-doesnt-help-women" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">psyche.co/ideas/the-cult-of-be</span><span class="invisible">ing-confident-and-why-it-doesnt-help-women</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/confidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>confidence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/powerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powerStructure</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>People are very tied to their language and don’t like change, especially when it <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/challenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>challenges</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> . In <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Winnipeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Winnipeg</span></a> , Bishop Grandin, a symbol of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> power, is being <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/replaced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>replaced</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/historically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historically</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/oppressed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oppressed</span></a> : <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Cree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cree</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ojibwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ojibwe</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/M%C3%A9tis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Métis</span></a> . While this is precisely the point behind the change, it may make those uncertain about changing power structures uncomfortable.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/amp/winnipeg-proposes-new-indigenous-street-names-but-whats-behind-claims-theyre-too-hard-to-pronounce-201523" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/amp/winnip</span><span class="invisible">eg-proposes-new-indigenous-street-names-but-whats-behind-claims-theyre-too-hard-to-pronounce-201523</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decolonization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/renaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reclaiming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reclaiming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/landback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landback</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a></p>
John<p>America’s Political System Thrives On Corruption</p><p>Is there <a href="https://union.place/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a> when all viable <a href="https://union.place/tags/PoliticalParties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalParties</span></a> are <a href="https://union.place/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corrupt</span></a>? Their <a href="https://union.place/tags/PoliticalTheater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalTheater</span></a> would keep us <a href="https://union.place/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> for one or the other, while ensuring the <a href="https://union.place/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> continues. When the <a href="https://union.place/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> itself is against you, working within the <a href="https://union.place/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> is a <a href="https://union.place/tags/FoolsErrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoolsErrand</span></a>.</p><p>As they say, "If voting changed anything, they'd make it <a href="https://union.place/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reform</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hierarchy</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/campaignContributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campaignContributions</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/donors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donors</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/americas-political-system-thrives-on-corruption_b_58d55629e4b0f633072b371f" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/americas-po</span><span class="invisible">litical-system-thrives-on-corruption_b_58d55629e4b0f633072b371f</span></a></p>
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