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by scruffups 2235 days ago
<< society is selforganized. There is no oppression.>>

Self-oppression? Sure. But it does not mean that oppression doesn't exist. It's just that it is self caused, and self here refers to society as a whole. Oppression exists whether it's self-inflicted or inflicted by one/many upon another/others.
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rmrfstar 2235 days ago
It's tough to call it self-oppression when our governance mechanisms are literally unresponsive to 90% of the public.

See [1] pdf page 10.

[1] https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fi...

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scruffups 2234 days ago
I understand. But a significant percentage of people keep voting for stooges and corporatists. What do you call that? Maybe not your self but the collective self is responsible, no?
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