The Reactionary Mindset

Freer asserts over and over again that the contradiction between the oppressed and the oppressor can only be overcome by the resolution of the contradiction itself. He admits that in the short term the former oppressors may very well need to be prevented by force if necessary from regaining their previously held power so this short term suppression is definitely not the same as oppression. The reactionary mindset regardless of how or where this process happens will feel their demotion to equality as oppression any restriction on their previous way of life even for the common good will be experienced by the oppressors as a violent infringement on their rights Freer argues is a product of their experience as a dominant oppressor class.