jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world to Quotes@lemmy.ca · 4 months ago"The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed." -- Simone de Beauvoirlemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1image"The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed." -- Simone de Beauvoirlemmy.worldjimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world to Quotes@lemmy.ca · 4 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
“The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.” – Simone de Beauvoir Links: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simone-de-Beauvoir https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/beauvoir/ https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/simone-de-beauvoir
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months ago The owner-class divides the working class. And yet this quote places blame on some of the oppressed rather than the oppressor. Who knows what hardships the sympathizer has faced that makes them sell out. They’re not a disease, they’re a symptom.
minus-squareTransporter Room 3@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIt’s very obvious who has faced actual hardship and who has led a very priveledged life where they’ve never had to make a truly hard choice. When you’re on day 3 of no food, there’s not much you won’t do for a bite. Keeping food in your family’s mouths is a small price to pay for indifference to people you’ve never met before.
And yet this quote places blame on some of the oppressed rather than the oppressor. Who knows what hardships the sympathizer has faced that makes them sell out. They’re not a disease, they’re a symptom.
It’s very obvious who has faced actual hardship and who has led a very priveledged life where they’ve never had to make a truly hard choice.
When you’re on day 3 of no food, there’s not much you won’t do for a bite.
Keeping food in your family’s mouths is a small price to pay for indifference to people you’ve never met before.