Power among humans is not simply the physical force with which one material body may move another; it is the force to distract, detour, maneuver, and command. Every pleasure we indulge in and every pain we suffer exerts power over others.
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Power among humans is not simply the physical force with which one material body may move another; it is the force to distract, detour, maneuver, and command. Every pleasure we indulge in and every pain we suffer exerts power over others.
“we live in a / world of / bodies or / not if the / falling trees / don’t kill / the chimps / the lack of / habitat will / they squawk / as they swing / from branch / to branch / o-o-o-awak! / with those / miraculous / hands the / butterflies / killed off / by the new- / wave pollen”
Maggie Nelson | “The World”