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> One of the deepest insights I found in Caste by Isabel Wilkerson was that most people, when put in the position, would capitalize on the opportunity to subjug
by kqr 4y ago
> One of the deepest insights I found in Caste by Isabel Wilkerson was that most people, when put in the position, would capitalize on the opportunity to subjugate their fellow humans. I’m not saying I want to do that, I’m just saying that is reality as I have seen it play out.
Isn't this basically because they feel forced to, since they're subjugated to someone else?
- diordiderot 4y ago"If I don't do it someone else will" "May as well get mine"
- sixstringtheory 4y agoI don’t think you could say that about everyone. I’ve known unreasonably sociopathic people. And even then, the buck stops somewhere. To whom is the king of the hill beholden?