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Who is more powerful: The President of the United States, or me? While it's indeed possible that there are ambiguous cases, that doesn't invalidate the idea in
by joshuamorton 6y ago
Who is more powerful: The President of the United States, or me?
While it's indeed possible that there are ambiguous cases, that doesn't invalidate the idea in general. Unless you legitimately believe that it is always impossible to determine when there is a power imbalance in a relationship. But we make that decision just fine in many other situations, so I don't know why speech would be different.
- luckylion 6y ago> While it's indeed possible that there are ambiguous cases, that doesn't invalidate the idea in general. Compared to you vs the US president, I'd say all cases are ambiguous. Are we just measuring the president and then say "that's what the people in power believe", or are we determining everyone's power level and opinions and then weigh both to find out what part of those in power believe X? It's impossible to do accurately, and you won't get a binary picture even if you managed to do it.