I wrote a book about bureaucratic violence and if there’s one thing I wish everyone knew right now, it would be:
The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
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One of the big findings in my research is that insider knowledge was necessary, but not sufficient—especially if the insider wasn’t in a position of power to change policies and procedures.
The smartest people in the world can fall into these traps because it isn’t about intelligence. It’s about disparities in power.
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They weren’t even sneaking in. School admin were calling and advocating for their transfer.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-the-wrong-side-how-universities-protect-perpetrators-and-betray-survivors-of-sexual-violence-nicole-bedera/
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Treasury Secretary Howard Lutnick did exactly that Thursday night on PBS when talking about failing to deliver Social Security (earned benefit) checks:
“Only fraudsters will complain.”
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Cutting down government is a path towards free government ?
You’ll be told you filed the wrong paperwork. You violated a policy. That things have to be complicated because other people abuse the system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
The violent bureaucracy might not even be involved in your life anymore, which makes it hard to realize that they’re still responsible for the chaos.
They’ll turn their time and energy away from politics and into self-improvement instead.
Resist the temptation to tell them to change themselves and bring them into solidarity with others facing the same problems.
I feel like it can be helpful to change their behavior even when their behavior isn’t the problem.
utterly life destroying almost four years later now
it could’ve changed so much
i still would’ve had to leave almost for sure, but i could’ve preserved my soul, my ability to speak (developed profound selective mutism from it all)