What are the sources of oppression in your life and what would it take to make the oppression go away?
Bosses? Parents? Coworkers? Capitalism? These are just words and labels and tell me nothing. How do you experience oppression personally in your life? What are the little stories of oppression in your life. Define oppression however you want. If you find it oppressive, it is oppression.
Once you’ve identified it, tell me what would have to happen, realistically speaking, for the oppression to go away. Like if your parents force you to work or something, how would they have to change or what would have to change in their lives that would allow them to stop forcing you to work? Or, what would you realistically have to do to get out of their house and live successfully on your own? Would you still have to work?
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The freaking PlayStation Network. I was 22–9 on Modern Warfare 3 last night and lost connection with the server. My kill:death ratio is being oppressed by their lame servers :(
Although, in all seriousness, I do not think I’m currently being oppressed at this time in my life.
Nothing that I can think of. I’m so detached these days that hardly anything that happens to me causes me to bat an eyelash. Likewise, I do try my best to avoid oppressing others. It defies my values to do so.
No oppression here, not since I got a divorce 9 years ago. lol
Aaagh, sail on silver girl. ;-)
Our lack of funds to do what really needs to be done is pretty damned oppressive.
@Blackberry LOL, I wonder if you and my husband have ever killed each other!
Health problems. It would take a miracle to be completely free of it. Well, actually not a miracle, but some researcher interested in the problem, and lucky enough to find a cure.
@Blackberry Well, that wouldn’t be him; he doesn’t want a headset, LOL. His screen name is Darn1976, so if you ever see him, shoot him up good! :D
@Blackberry I think that’s called Schizophrenia, as long as the voices don’t tell you your neighbors dog is the devil and you should murder everyone on your block because demon dog told you to. Son of Blackberry. lol
I feel that I, and most of the US population in fact, are oppressed by the political power of wealth. The ability of money to buy influence in the government and the election process (a la “Citizens United”), substantially dilutes my political voice and that of most citizens. It doesn’t shut us up, but it drowns us out, which is effectively the same thing.
Our accountant, he wants me to keep current on expense reports. I hate them. Of course if he went away I’d even be more screwed in the expense situation. I don’t want him to go away, just tehe expense reports.
The assorted muppet trash who feel the need to play shitty music, or worse still, sing down the mic in a multiplayer scrap (MW3 xbox live) that’s okay though, I simply mute the fuckers & send them a hate fuelled message…........& relax!
I find the assumption that if I am not in a relationship, and that if I don’t get married and have kids = I am somehow a failure, somewhat oppressive. I shrug it off, but it’s getting a bit annoying, especially since I’m at an age where most of my friends are getting married + kids.
I suppose this will be resolved by me getting hitched or some other radical act.
Other than that I am bothered by our banking/financial systems, and how unsustainable it is. I can take personal action by withdrawing from the system (or as much as it seems practical), but I don’t know how to change the system itself.
@lifeflame There’s nothing wrong with you. You should take your time. Be open to it, in case it happens for you. In the the meantime…have fun.
The fact that home fusion generators and robots and von-neuman factories and 3D printers don’t exist, and so I have to work for a living :-(
My father coming back from the dead…
Existential angst, you know, your basic purposelessness.
Got the basic needs met, and there is no big challenge that seems important and like I could do anything about it. That sneaks up on me once in a while.
Also big-city noise like the damned tourist helicopters and drunk assholes tumbling out of bars down the block. No peace.
Not sure what to do about either of those conditions. But I’m pretty well content personally and can’t in general claim to be oppressed.
The IRS. It isn’t going to go away. My oppression is permanent.
Me. I am the problem. It is convenient to point a finger at someone and blame them for life’s frustrations. It’s Obama’s fault, my secy can’t do her job to my expectations, my wife want’s me to do more, my kids want more from me and why is everybody letting me down and making me miserable??
All I have to do is to stop blaming everyone else for my frustrations and life will be oppression free. Only I can make myself unhappy.
Having limited funds. Sometimes it seems that nothing short of winning the lottery could pull us back up.
As a perceived woman, I face sexism. As a gender non-conforming person, I face transphobia. As a person in an open relationship, I face heteronormativity. As a person struggling to support my family, I face classism. My privileges are that of being marked as White and as an ‘educated’ person. I’m also able-bodied, young, and English-speaking.
@dabbler – Cool! I thought they were just in the experimenter stage. It’s awesome to see commercial products available! But it looks like they’re still rather limited, unfortunately. They can only make inert plastic widgets (which is pretty awesome), but they’re not yet able to replicate an HDTV or a new fuel pump or a sirloin steak.
@HungryGuy (apologies to anyone not feeling oppressed by lack of 3-d printing in their lives, not really intending to hijack the question, just giving @HungryGuy additional reasons to feel free!)
Fuel pump, yes.
Sophisticated electronics, like an HDTV, no. Simple electronics, yes .
Sirloin Steak, research stage, not really printed but grow-your-own
@dabbler – That’s fascinating. But at this stage, it’s only a tool to make a plastic prototype from which you can cast the metal part. Not really at the point where you can 3D print a new fuel pump at home from plans you download from CNet. But I can see they’re making great strides toward the “replicator.”
The oppression in my life is sick company politics. Love my work, hate my working conditions. What would it take to make it go away? Being independently wealthy so I could start my own company. Or a better job market so I could feel secure enough to make a move.
Go with independently wealthy ^
HungryGuy So far, that is not an option,lol. But tonight I got an email from a former co-worker with a “business proposition”. Things may be looking up. :)
HungryGuy I assume it is some sort of job opportunity with her company. I am about to call her right now!
My assumption was right She is letting me know that her position at the company is open and that I am the first person she thought of to fill it. lol, taking a break from the phone conversation so she can help her Dad set up his wi-fi
People who think they know about what is best for me than I do. People who think they are smarter, in everything than I am. People who think I need to feel a certain way. People who think my safety is a joke. People who think they know my pain, my happiness, my mind more than I do.
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