Comments on: Doc Searls is lucky.

By: Dorothea Salo

Dorothea Salo — Mon, 02 Dec 2002 23:31:06 +0000

Funny. I’m having exactly this conversation with Dave Rogers in the comments to Pascale’s blog. Somebody wanna come help me out? *grin* You’re doing better than I am.

By: Elaine of Kalilily

Elaine of Kalilily — Mon, 02 Dec 2002 22:44:06 +0000

You just made a point I was thinking about but couldn’t figure out how to phrase. When someone is comfortable because he has power over/is not at the mercy of those things that are important to him, he tends to think that power issues are not worth bothering with. Exactly. It is only those who know what if feels like to be disempowered who believe that it’s worth fighting the good fight.

By: The One True b!X

The One True b!X — Mon, 02 Dec 2002 21:42:30 +0000

Quoting the Doc quote you already quoted:
“Feminism (and now girlism too… or any ism, I suppose) still bores me. I think that’s because it’s still about power, and there are other subjects that interest me more.”
I don’t understand the aversion to acknowledging that certain things are, in fact, about power. Presumably, Doc would understand that, say, the fight over copyright is about power and who gets to have it. Gender issues, racial issues, sexual issues, labor issues, environmental issues — there are all about power.
Sometimes I think the only people who dismiss power politics are those most pre-determined to have access to exercise their own.