• Facebones@reddthat.com
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    2 years ago

    “Not everything is political”

    =

    “I am priveledged enough that my right to exist and thrive is never questioned or under fire, and things that I care about are protected by the status quo and the suppression of others”

    • ArcticLynx@feddit.de
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      “I am priveledged enough that my right to exist and thrive is never questioned or under fire, and things that I care about are protected by the status quo and the suppression of others”

      so someone who this doesn’t apply to thinks that some random star in our neighbour galaxy is political?

    • Custoslibera@lemmy.worldOP
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      It’s confronting for a cis gendered white male to accept they are the pinnacle of the power structure in western societies by serendipitous occurrence.

      Some of the replies to this post make that clear.