power politics Archives | Kyle Wierks

Wet’suwet’en vs. Conservatives

Kyle Wierks — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:06:19 +0000

The real fight is not with Canadians; it is with the people in power who have created a system whereby they can exploit our country at the expense of those who live here and claim the moral high ground because the law is supposedly on their side.

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Questioning power dynamics

Kyle Wierks — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:52:37 +0000

By refusing to accept the socially-accepted balance of power, we can begin to shift the balance of power away from institutions and pre-existing structures back towards the people.

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Stop following the rules

Kyle Wierks — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:31:07 +0000

Our social, political, and economic rules were created by people who hold the power, and people who hold the power want things to stay the same so that they hold on to power.

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Ignoring the issues

Kyle Wierks — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:48:07 +0000

For those of us who are under-60, non-business-owning citizens, we are not very high on the priority list of any political strategist. But if you want us to inherit this mess, then let us start to fix it before it's beyond repair.

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Exclusionary politics and power

Kyle Wierks — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 01:58:17 +0000

The problem isn't that millennials, women, and people of colour don't want to be involved in politics and governance; the problem is that social barriers have been specifically constructed to keep us on the periphery.

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