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Social and political are very different, unless you are overly concerned with accumulating power within your social relationships.
by sdellis 2mo ago
Social and political are very different, unless you are overly concerned with accumulating power within your social relationships.
- skinfaxi 2mo agoI would submit that all social relationships have power dynamics. Politics is about allocation of resources more than power accumulation. You may be conflating the two because more power allows you to allocate resources with less intereference.
- al_be_back 2mo agoof course they are. his original quote says 'political' but often translations or quotes may say 'social' (informally).
- foolswisdom 2mo agoIn the original its meaning is being part of a greater unit.
- graboy 2mo agoIt's more social, the translation of political is coming from polis; man is by nature meant to be part of a city or community.