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And yet, as we have seen in this chapter, state power can be exercised in many ways, some of which are so subtle that they are barely even noticeable. These less-noticeable forms of intervention are more effective ways for the powerful to pressure others to conform to their will. 'Nudging' your subjects to obey you is far more effective than forcing them to do so at the barrel of a gun -even if a gun can occasionally be useful where a nudge fails. Changing the way your subjects think about thems
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― Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom
― Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom
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In turn, they began to argue that perhaps the problems they all experienced had less to do with their brains being brokem, and more to do with societal failure to accommodate their neurological differences. They thus started to argue for what one 1997 report from the New York Times described as a form of ‘neurological pluralism’. This emphasised the need for the behaviours and processing styles of atypical people to be accepted and supported rather than framed as medical pathologies to be contro
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― Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
― Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
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