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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by marcosdumay on Sunday May 05, 2024 @05:31PM (#40268640)
> Authoritarianism would be if it was top down.

If a minority can impose their will into institutions, destroying the life of anybody that opposes them, you need a quite messed-up conception of power structures to place that minority "down".

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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by lazide on Sunday May 05, 2024 @07:47PM (#40269689)
When said minority are just as likely to be peers or subordinates within the power structure, I don’t see how it could be ‘from the top’. Do you?
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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by hotdogscout on Sunday May 05, 2024 @06:32PM (#40269193)
Because you can't put the power to influence behavior on a straight line.

Each clique has it's own power structure.

Charisma, rule of law, pity, revenge, resentment, morality, resources, it's all a part of it.

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