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If I can achieve the appropriate outcomes without having to act, because of the attitudes of others towards me or because of a favourable ... alignment of social relations and forces facilitating such outcomes, then my power is surely all the greater. It may derive from what has been called the rule of anticipated reactions (Friedrich 1941: 589–91), where others anticipate my expected reactions to unwelcome activity (or inactivity) on their part, thereby aiming to forestall overt coercion: a clear example is the self-censorship practised by writers and journalists under authoritarian regimes.
Power: A Radical View
Steven Lukes
Our choices are constrained by the system in which we live (i.e. factory-farmed chicken and sweatshop-sewn clothes are cheaper), but our desires are also distorted by that system. We’re made to believe that meat is essential to a healthy diet, that clothes look dated after a few months, and that owning new devices will make us happier. __Any attempt at addressing injustice must account for both our constrained choices and our manipulated desires.__
Arguing for a Better World
Arianne Shahvisi
Language has its own register, like music, and depending on the “octave” or the tone that you’re using, there are connotations, there are meanings, implicit in tone.
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