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  1. Jan 2024
    1. The pensionprocess introduced the concept of legal guardianships to Cherokeesociety based on the assumption that women and children operatedat a diminished political and economic capacity without husbandsand fathers.

      An example of how a colonial power can end up imposing patriarchy on other cultures via something seemingly banal and bureaucratic like pensions

    1. Sure enough, the children who were told to think about their performance now wanted to know how they had done relative to their peers; those who had been allowed to become immersed in the task were more interested in seeing what their peers had done.

      Refuting the (capitalist) idea that competition is an inherent good in of itself, by pointing out that competition can lead to less effective learning outcomes.