RE: The Oppression Olympics
February 17, 2017 at 2:40 am
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2017 at 2:48 am by InquiringMind.)
(February 17, 2017 at 12:50 am)Aristocatt Wrote: Sorry, I just don't see how having ones basic needs being met means that someone can't have a legitimate grievance about their oppression.
Actually, you proved my point. They aren't being denied the necessities of life. They are being denied status, which is exactly what I was saying. Oppression today means being low status. You can live just fine on $50k a year, but you'll never be high status with that income.
Being "high status" is not a basic human right. People are owed basic dignity and the necessities of life, but they are not owed high status. Status is something that we compete for. In my view, the Oppression Olympics is about people demanding high status even though they've nothing to earn it. It's a way of competing for status, and a pretty crappy way if you ask me.
The reason that denying someone status is not oppression is that high status is not something that you are fundamentally entitled to.
