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The invisible foot: why inequality increases impact

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Hughes, B. (2016). The invisible foot: why inequality increases impact. In Hughes, B. The Bleeding Edge: Why Technology Turns Toxic in an Unequal World. New Internationalist, pp. 123-145

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Positionality is a valuable concept for anyone who is interested in making society more fair, because it highlights the fact that the system is not composed entirely of people who believe in it and want it, but perhaps very largely of people who have been dragooned into it and would love to be free of it. This may even be true of some members of the rich elite. [...]

referring to positional luxury goods (Veblen goods?)

—p.127 by Bob Hughes 7 years, 1 month ago

Positionality is a valuable concept for anyone who is interested in making society more fair, because it highlights the fact that the system is not composed entirely of people who believe in it and want it, but perhaps very largely of people who have been dragooned into it and would love to be free of it. This may even be true of some members of the rich elite. [...]

referring to positional luxury goods (Veblen goods?)

—p.127 by Bob Hughes 7 years, 1 month ago