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Status quo bias is a hell of a thing. Imagine if we had firefighter insurance and the most common cause of bankruptcy was their home burning down. That's pretty
by minikites 11y ago
Status quo bias is a hell of a thing. Imagine if we had firefighter insurance and the most common cause of bankruptcy was their home burning down. That's pretty much where we are with medicine and it's often justified by victim blaming (They shoudn't have eaten that! They should have exercised more!).
- hodwik 11y agoYou're rhetorically associating systemic injustice against black people with critiquing fat people. You understand that right? The phrase is from the book Blaming the Victim, about the legacy of slavery. I'd avoid using that tactic out in the world.
- ams6110 11y agoThat's a reach. I think the phrase "victim blaming" is mainstream enough to have zero racial connotations (I never knew there was one until I read your claim). Often comes up in discussions of rape/sexual assault where race is not a factor at all.
- hodwik 11y agoOkay, then he's comparing fat people with rape victims. Is that better?