The Sliver Party
How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me. I mean, there are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster’; instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do. If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees. But then you take a look at what the corporation does, the effect of its legal structure, the vast inequalities in pay and conditions, and you see the reality is something far different.
Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
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    Thinking of people justifying their racism in a “but i’m trying to be a good person wah wah my politics are so good”...
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    This may seem like a good idea, but taken to the extreme it leads to bullshit like not listening to folks’ experiences...
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    ahaha, cynical is the last thing i would call it, lol. :P
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    Yup. Basic psychology/whatever. 1. People rationalize their actions and situations, adjusting psychologically to be...