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Oppression, The Prerequisite For A Thriving Social Life
No matter where you turn for safety, belonging, and community, it seems as if you are required to become a victim to gain access to a group of likeminded individuals and adapt their enemy as your own.
If you pay close attention everywhere you look from the news, entertainment, to social media and religion needs your traumatized self to find an enemy to blame for the state of your life, and quickly!
In the fat acceptance movement “the thins” are their enemy. In the LGBTQ+ community “the straights” are their enemy. The enemy of feminists is the patriarchy. The enemy of black people are white people. The enemy of the childfree community are parents. The enemy of angry single men are “modern” women and 304s. The enemy of angry single women are called alpha males, dusties, pick up artists, and passport bros.
The enemy of the working class are known as billionaires and corporations. The enemy of Christians is the devil and the Illuminati. The enemy of Satanists is Christianity and organized religion. The enemy of the conspiracy theorists are the elites. The enemy of the carnivores, keto, paleo, and other low-carb dieters are the vegans, the government, big food, big pharma, big…
I can go on and on and on.
