There's an old Korean saying, "my gullet is the Inspection Bureau (목구멍이 포도청이다)." It means poverty terrorizes and compels people to act against their will much like the police do--a perfect expression of economic exploitation and state violence as conjoined mechanisms of social control.
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L.J. is reading the Daodejing (ljwrites@rage.love)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 09:36:43 JST L.J. is reading the Daodejing
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Mordecai Martin (mordecaimartin@rage.love)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 09:36:41 JST Mordecai Martin
@ljwrites "The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile"- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Some times the old sayings are best. Reminds me of the liberatory politics we can read into the old Yiddish curse "they should set free a mad man and lock YOU up in his place"
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L.J. is reading the Daodejing (ljwrites@rage.love)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 09:47:49 JST L.J. is reading the Daodejing
@MordecaiMartin Ooh, I love that on multiple levels! Freedom and communal care for the mad, no more scapegoating them when the real problem is elsewhere.
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