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Is There Math Beyond the Equal Sign?

The Joy of Why

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What Is Partial Ordering in Mafamine?

Mafamine: If we accept that some people's identities give them more privileges in life, it doesn't mean they are better off than other people. So for example, white people hold structural privilege over non white people and male people hold structuralilege over non male people. But then when we combine the two, we can't put them in an order anymore because definitely out of those groups of people white male people have the most privilege,. And then if you add another type of privilege, you get a cube and then you keep adding more dimensions for each type that you add in.

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