text/gemini
I get so frustrated whenever I see or hear crap from "the left" of the form "x isn't real, it's just a social construct" and related phrases.
it's almost always in relation to money or gender. Both of those things are social constructions but neither of them is "fake". especially in relation to gender in a leftist/progressive context, saying that gender doesn't exist is a big "fuck you" to trans and gender queer folks. "sorry, your experiences aren't real. Get with the program".
Being socially constructed does not mean a thing isn't real. That's somethig a right-wing chud would accuse a political opponent of believing in between rants about (((cultural marxists))) and grotesque anti-semitic charicatures of the Frankfurt School.
A list of things that are socially contsructed and also exist
*Traffic Laws
*Finance
*Science-as-institution
*Philosophy
*Mathematics (debatable)
*Football
*Political Parties
*Debt
*National Borders
*Capitalism
*Socialism
*Jobs
*Religion-as-Human-Institutions
*Education
*Gender
*Race
*Nationalism
*Chess
*Labor Unions
*Property Rights
all of these things are real,and have a tangible effect on the world. You cannot got to a FIDE tournament and claim your queen has a laser canon and expect to be taken seriously.
#social construct != fake
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