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portaPoopy
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portaPoopy
4y ago
Institutions are intentional normalizers. That’s the definition of the word “institution”; an entity that exists to service an idea. To build consensus around its attributes and parameters. Corporations normalize utilitarian agency. Governm
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portaPoopy
4y ago
IMO you’re being conned. Universities are agency normalizing agents of government. We’re not talking launching some professor from a cannon but doing as humans have done for years and updating colloquial language models. This is freaking ou
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portaPoopy
4y ago
Boycott was long seen as a necessary behavior to preserve democracy and free markets; flush old ideas. It’s free agency; can’t force people to do business with someone or believe in their figurative identity. “Cancel culture” is boycott reb