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The anti in fandom is neoliberal; they believe that if you modify individual behavior via punitive judgment and policing (the offline equivalent is if you add more police to a neighborhood, you stop the crime), then you can impact the injustice structurally ->
The true parallel is that it's steeped in ideology. It's the idea that you don't really need to investigate the root causes of the injustice in a macro sense and then dismantle it. Instead you just spot-reduce it.
It's telling men to 'just stop raping women.'
It's telling men to 'just stop raping women.'
It's also believing that men rape women because of testosterone or some essentialist myth. It's finding excuses and short-cuts to impugn something harmful that needs to completely be uprooted.
It's catching a predator but not stopping the valorization of youth.
It's catching a predator but not stopping the valorization of youth.
It's, 'Good work, we got em, guys' when you find a perpetrator that fits your M.O and you doxx and report them and throw them out of a community, get them jailed, etc.
But the cycle of abuse that created that abuser is still perpetuated. Patterns are intersectional.
But the cycle of abuse that created that abuser is still perpetuated. Patterns are intersectional.
Meaning that if you research child predators and look at hard data that's carefully analyzed and isn't from a mormon website w/ a PsychToday Op-Ed linked, you'll find that that often happens in reaction to feeling structurally powerless and driven to extremes.
About a few days ago, there was an artist rightfully outed in a community for being a predator who was revealed to prey and groom teenage girls when they were 'stressed out.'
That's a structural problem. It's a terrible remedy for it but it's structural.
That's a structural problem. It's a terrible remedy for it but it's structural.
When you look at these terrible things that are perpetuated; racism, misogyny, child abuse, etc, you can't just blame individual behavior. That's why the US can't wrap its head around /why/ there are so many school shootings.
It isn't just racism. It's atomization+
It isn't just racism. It's atomization+
Living in a society where quality mental healthcare is given to rich people and is prescribed with drugs instead of being complemented with genuine overall care of the individual involved. Meaning - are their Maslow's hierarchy of needs met?
Do they have enough money?
Are they in a safe and supportive environment?
Are they emotionally fulfilled and loved?
Is their emotional, physical, and mental well being good?
Most of us can't even answer 2 of those. So wtf happens when someone snaps?
Are they in a safe and supportive environment?
Are they emotionally fulfilled and loved?
Is their emotional, physical, and mental well being good?
Most of us can't even answer 2 of those. So wtf happens when someone snaps?
You obviously should /not/ turn to harming another person. We know that's wrong. But the problem is that /knowing/ something's wrong isn't enough of a reason to not do it when the pressure's high, you have no support or resources, and need temporary relief and catharsis.
Not to mention that the US's criminal justice system is absolutely /abysmal/ and we have for-profit prisons and are more interested in creating a slave labor class out of incarcerated people than rehabilitating them and re-integrating them back into society better than before'.
...So if you have a society built on that, then people will absorb this ideological 'quick fix' mentality and will have the capacity to absorb reactionary views to justify why we should /keep/ things this way.
I.e. - 'Don't try to understand it; just punish and patch it up.'
I.e. - 'Don't try to understand it; just punish and patch it up.'
Throw the criminals and predators in jail, doxx regular working class people off social media, harass and doxx queer and lgbtqia creators for fan works and art, and destroy your enemies through vicious tar and feather campaigns.
Never identify the real problems. Look away.
Never identify the real problems. Look away.
In short, it's the system ideologically justifying itself through us to uphold its own existence.
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