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Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn’t really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death.
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
“What if” questions also help us judge the past. By imagining whether history could have been better, might have been worse, or was destined to transpire as it did – in other words, by posing fantasy, nightmare, and stasis counterfactuals – we can better judge the actions of those ... who shaped the course of history.
19. Counterfactuals
Chiel van den Akker, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
In each case, these authors suggest that the preferences of disabled individuals should take precedence over any naming conventions.
Autism, Empathy, and the Mind-Blindness of Everyday People - Karla McLaren
karlamclaren.com
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