• otp@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Politics does influence almost every aspect of life whether we think about it or not.

    Especially for people in minority groups, where sometimes simply existing as they are is political enough.

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      7 months ago

      Chemistry influences every aspect of our lives whether we think about it or not. Gravity does too. As does complexity and information theory, and the English language, and our clothing, and the fact we tend to build architecture in rectilinear shapes.

      All of these things are ubiquitous things that permeate everything whether you think about them or not.

      Choosing to think about them is called a “lens”.