• JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 days ago

    This was essentially one of Foucault’s assertions right? That a people must constantly be in rebellion against the state in order to keep it in check, otherwise it’d inevitably devolve into a dictatorship?

    It’s at least interesting seeing that supported by study.

    • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Foucault was actually more nuanced - he saw power as distributed throughout society in networks rather than just concentrated in the state, which is why resistance needs to be ongoing and localized rather than just against goverment.