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It depends. Happiness is about wanting what you get, and oppression is about denying someone their wants. Obviously people often have different wants, otherwise
by Rury 4y ago
It depends. Happiness is about wanting what you get, and oppression is about denying someone their wants. Obviously people often have different wants, otherwise there would be no such thing as politics. So rights and autonomy can make some people happy if it brings them what they want, and vice versa.
Also, conservative women being happy is not surprising. This is because happiness breeds conservatism. Why? Because you're happy, and you want to keep that status quo. If you were unhappy, you'd want to change things to what you're happy with. People may overlook this, because they typically use the terms conservative and liberal as historical egos, rather than their root meanings.
- GoblinSlayer 4y agoUnless you're told the status quo is what you're postulated to be happy with and unhappiness is due to something else, e.g. appointed enemy, so you must double down on the postulate and destroy the enemy.
- Rury 4y agoIn which case, you're unhappy, and seek change to what you think would bring you happiness (eg removing the enemy). Whether achieving this bring you happiness or not, is a separate matter, as happiness is about wanting what you get, not getting what you (think you) want.