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It's kinda funny. There is a popular claim that goes something like "silence or inaction is implicit support for the status quo." The point is that there's not
by tshaddox 9mo ago
It's kinda funny. There is a popular claim that goes something like "silence or inaction is implicit support for the status quo." The point is that there's not really such a thing as "not taking sides."
I don't quite agree with that, simply because no matter how many things you do take a stance on, there's always an infinite number of things that you haven't taken a stance on.
But when you go out of your way to explicitly mention that you're refusing to take a stance on all social or political issues, that actually does feel pretty close to explicit approval of the status quo for all social or political issues. Of course this likely was not the intent! So why say it at all?!
- Muromec 9mo agoThe stronger form of it is "Inaction in the face of oppression supports the oppressor."
- gabordemooij 9mo agoI don't feel oppressed. I'm just happy with my life.
- badsectoracula 9mo agoIn this quote you'd be the one being inactive, not the oppressed nor the oppressor.
- code_for_monkey 9mo agoYoure not really helping yourself here glad you dont feel oppressed though
- decremental 9mo ago[dead]