I agree with what you're saying. I have a hard time articulating the difference in my mind aside from whatever concept I was trying to get at with the joke I made.
Maybe I would say that the difference between rich and poor is possessions, the relation to the means of production if you're Marxist, while the difference between sexes, races, etc. is based on something more innate. You can eliminate class because it is an entirely socially constructed difference. When it comes to physical differences people have you can only eliminate the social hierarchy based on those differences, not the traits themselves.
Or something like: There would still be trans people without the existence of transphobia but the proletariat are entirely defined by their oppression under capitalism.
@balloon since you asked too. idk if it makes sense lol
It is, but so is every -ism
Classism is linked to things like racism and sexism too, while those things wouldn't disappear if classism went away, they are exasperated by it.
I agree with what you're saying. I have a hard time articulating the difference in my mind aside from whatever concept I was trying to get at with the joke I made.
Maybe I would say that the difference between rich and poor is possessions, the relation to the means of production if you're Marxist, while the difference between sexes, races, etc. is based on something more innate. You can eliminate class because it is an entirely socially constructed difference. When it comes to physical differences people have you can only eliminate the social hierarchy based on those differences, not the traits themselves.
Or something like: There would still be trans people without the existence of transphobia but the proletariat are entirely defined by their oppression under capitalism.
@balloon since you asked too. idk if it makes sense lol
yeah that makes sense, thanks
Exasperated?
exacerbated fuck I'm dumb