• orangeboats@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Society in general encourages and rewards those who speak more, even if the things they speak have zero contribution or are absolute nonsense.

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      8 months ago

      Society in general encourages and rewards those who speak more

      Squeaky Wheel, etc.

      But only if you’re older, whiter, taller, and maler.

      Society (at least, my corner of the American Southwest) hates hearing a short young brown woman open her mouth.