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by 300baud 8y ago
100% agreed. And I definitely don't mean it as an excuse. Just an explanation for why conspiracy is unnecessary.
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by 300baud 8y ago
It was not in fact a racist view. It's a view about power dynamics in a system that is racist and sexist. If you really can't get over your feelings of personal insult and your need to defend white men, then please go back and sub
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by 300baud 8y ago
Yes, exactly. The problem is not the genetic characteristics of whiteness or maleness. It's that they grew up in a society that favors whiteness and maleness, and is much more accepting of the abuse of people who aren't so favored
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by 300baud 8y ago
The abuse is disproportionately targeted at people who aren't white men, and is is disproportionately performed by white men. This is nothing particularly new. It's the history of America, which was founded by and for white men, a
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by 300baud 11y ago
Definitely. If people talked about physical illness the same way we did about mental illness, we'd diagnose anybody below than the 30th percentile in height with High Shelf Access Disorder and try giving them growth hormones. Mismatch
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by 300baud 11y ago
Don't let that put you off. My experience was that I had to try several therapists before I found one that I connected well with. (The same was true with my normal medical doctor and my business lawyer; it's just hard to find good
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by 300baud 16y ago
Being able to see the future isn't enough for a financial bet. You have to be able to see the future before other people with money. If something is sufficiently obvious, it will already be priced into the market. In other words, a financia