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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by alldayeveryday on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @12:37PM (#34614251)
> ... mean that the majority white, straight, Christian(ish) majority in America doesn't still wield most of the power.

yeah, except for finance, media, academia and politics. I do agree that straight white christian(ish) males do wield the most power in the other intuitions that matter (thought I'm drawing a blank on which those might be).

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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by flangola7 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @12:41PM (#34614341)
>except for finance, media, academia and politics.

But those are dominated by straight white men. A simple demographic survey of Congress and org executives will show that. What are you talking about?

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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by goodSteveramos on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @12:48PM (#34614466)
Did the janizary rule the ottomans or did the ottomans rule the janizary? The janizary held most if the powerful positions after all.
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by flangola7 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @05:01PM (#34618540)
I'm not familiar enough with that part of world history to comment. Speak plainly.
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by alldayeveryday on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:27AM (#34627821)
I think we have a diff definition of white.
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by flangola7 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:38AM (#34629014)
What other definition would there be?
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by goodSteveramos on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @12:41PM (#34614333)
Sports commentating.
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