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Caro S.<p>Remembering the political scientist saying Bannon was a nobody because Trump fired him and his academy failed, pictures of him in a near empty room, while he travelled the world and spoke with people with influence because their father was a fascist head of government and see him now ...</p><p>When you study politics and ignore informal power structures.</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Bannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bannon</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PoliticalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalScience</span></a></p>
Katy Elphinstone<p>“It’s your choice to feel hurt or not.”<br>“Take back your power!”</p><p>A thread. 🧵 </p><p>Telling people they ‘have the choice’ and to ‘take back their power’ can, at times, be a bit less helpful than one might think.</p><p>:ablobeyes: </p><p>1/8</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Abelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abelism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Minorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minorities</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Marginalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marginalized</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PowerDifferential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerDifferential</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hierarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a></p>
Katy Elphinstone<p>Why does the word 'protect' never seem to include giving people more power or autonomy?</p><p>*When applied to vulnerable parts of the population.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autistic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Minorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minorities</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sexism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Marginalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marginalized</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a></p>
PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CStamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CStamp</span></a></span> <br>Any <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> will abuse its power. The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> is: "why does the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PoliticalSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalSystem</span></a> everywhere tolerates and even foster it." <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ResidentialSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResidentialSchools</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> and add other religions and institutions. <br>Ask me how I know!</p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>People are very tied to their language and don’t like change, especially when it <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/challenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>challenges</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PowerStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerStructure</span></a> . In <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Winnipeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winnipeg</span></a> , Bishop Grandin, a symbol of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> power, is being <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/replaced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>replaced</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/historically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historically</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/oppressed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppressed</span></a> : <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Cree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cree</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ojibwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ojibwe</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/M%C3%A9tis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Métis</span></a> . While this is precisely the point behind the change, it may make those uncertain about changing power structures uncomfortable.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/amp/winnipeg-proposes-new-indigenous-street-names-but-whats-behind-claims-theyre-too-hard-to-pronounce-201523" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/amp/winnip</span><span class="invisible">eg-proposes-new-indigenous-street-names-but-whats-behind-claims-theyre-too-hard-to-pronounce-201523</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decolonization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/renaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reclaiming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reclaiming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/landback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landback</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a></p>