#power-dynamics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #power-dynamics, aggregated by home.social.
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Edo State Moribund Local Governments — The Glorified Cashier by Lawson Akhigbe
The narrative above is replicated across the 774 local governments in Nigeria. The Supreme Court judgment on Local Government financial autonomy remains iced over in practice. State governors continue to treat local councils as administrative subsidiaries rather than an autonomous arm of government. -
The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe
There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-curious-case-of-the-missing-shepherds-by-lawson-akhigbe/
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The British Right and the Great Social Sorting Experiment by Lawson Akhigbe
It wants to celebrate Britain as the greatest country in the world while simultaneously proposing policies that would make large parts of Britain less British. -
ANDY BURNHAM MUST GIVE BRITAIN AN IDEOLOGY, NOT ANOTHER MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT’S POWERPOINT by Lawson Akhigbe
There was something important about Andy Burnham's intervention at Prime Minister's Questions. Not simply because of what he said, but because of what it appeared to recognise: Britain has not merely been badly governed. Britain has been travelling in the wrong ideological direction for decades. -
Did You Tell Them to Rescue the Kidnapped? Nigeria’s Politicians, Generals and the Confusion Between Policy and Operations by Lawson Akhigbe
There are some moments in political history that survive long after the politicians involved have left office. Not because of a great speech. Not because of a great policy. But because somebody asked a very simple question and refused to let it escape through the nearest political fire exit. -
Reform UK’s Brexit immigration impact
Reform UK’s perspective on Brexit and immigration is central to its identity: Brexit was meant to deliver control over borders and lower overall migration, but post-2016 (especially post-2021) governments primarily Conservative, failed to use that control effectively, leading to a non-EU migration surge that the party labels the “Boriswave.” Reform argues this undermined the Brexit promise, strained public services, housing, wages, and cultural cohesion, and necessitates far tougher policies.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/28/reform-uks-brexit-immigration-impact/
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Reform UK and others – Immigration Policy Compared
Reform UK’s immigration policies stand out as the most restrictive among major UK parties, emphasizing a sharp reduction in both legal and illegal migration, prioritisation of British citizens, and radical enforcement measures. They position immigration as a core driver of housing shortages, NHS strain, wage suppression, cultural change, and public service overload.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/28/reform-uk-and-others-immigration-policy-compared/
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EDITORIAL: Osun election, the rise of civic action, and 2027 by PREMIUM TIMES
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State was re-elected for a second term in the 15 August governorship contest. It was an off-cycle election like no other before it, in the build-up, with its eerie elements of tension, violence and resultant deaths. -
When Laws Become Optional: Suspicious Deaths, Colonial Legacies, and the Dignity Deficit in Nigeria by Lawson Akhigbe
The difference between the United Kingdom and Nigeria is not primarily in the letter of the law. It is in the general application and consistent enforcement of that law. This divergence reveals a deeper reality about how the Nigerian state relates to its citizens. -
On the Sartorial Decline of the Nigerian Political Class: Monday Okpebholo, Yekini Idiaye, and the Wardrobe of Impunity By Lawson Akhigbe
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State is a man who, on the evidence of a recent photograph shaking hands with new Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly Yekini Idiaye, appears to have mistaken the office of Chief Executive for a weekend errand run. A branded baseball cap. Clothing better suited to a beer parlour than a state formal meeting. Khaki trousers that suggest safari rather than sovereignty. This is not a man dressing down to meet the people. This is a man dressing as though the people are an inconvenience he is squeezing in between other appointments. -
Kemi Badenoch’s maiden speech in the Commons
I am also burdened by the weight of expectation. You see, Madam Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden has not had a maiden speech since Rab Butler’s in 1929. He held three of the great offices of state, but I am most proud that, as a Conservative Minister, he introduced the Education Act 1944, which gave every British child a statutory right to free secondary education.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/19/kemi-badenochs-maiden-speech-in-the-commons/
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The Invisible Invasion: Britain’s Immigration Panic and the Arithmetic It Cannot Face By Lawson Akhigbe
Black people account for roughly four percent of the population of England and Wales. More of them are in the EastEnders cast than are arriving on the asylum route in any given year. Yet Britain has contrived to make this the defining political question of the age. We should talk about that. -
The Art of the Unsolicited Ass-Kiss: Understanding Nigeria’s “Eye Service” Economy by Lawson Akhigbe
In the United States, corporate culture has a colorful vocabulary for the hyper-sycophant: the brown-noser, the bootlicker, the corporate shill. But in Nigeria, this behavior isn't just a personality trait of that one annoying guy in middle management. It is a highly sophisticated, deeply institutionalized standard operating procedure known colloquially as "Eye Service." -
#Money, the interesting thing about it is if you #exist in #poverty, you desperately need it for your day to day survival, then if your on the opposite end as in being a multi million or billionaire in reality money means nothing, because everything you own and do is leveraged off of debt that you one don't actually own and second can never actually satisfy, and the rules of the game are very different for those in poverty, and the rules are slightly different if your in the middle, but if your on top, the rules don't apply to you unless somehow your generation and hoarding of wealth imposes upon another top income holder, basically if your in poverty all the way to the bottom end of double digit millions, your beholden to the entire state if it where, and beyond that the entire state apparently is beholden to you and your ability to leverage debt, it is a rigged system of epic inequality and strongly embraces prejudice against the rest of us whom simply would appreciate the basics in life to be readily available without so much turmoil, and stress to our mental and physical wellbeing, money is an illusion of power and has left far to many of us going hungry, literally;
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#Austerity #Awareness #BrokenSystem #Capitalism #Change #ChronicPoverty #CorporateGreed #CriticalThinking #DailyStruggle #DebtSlavery #DisabledVoices #DisabilityJustice #EconomicInequality #EconomicJustice #EconomicViolence #Economics #Education #ExistentialThought #Financial #FinancialTrauma #FinanciallyDistressed #FoodInsecurity #Hunger #Homelessness #HumanCost #IllusionOfWealth #Inequality #Justice #LateStageCapitalism #MarginalizedVoices #MentalHealthMatters #MutualAid #Neoliberalism #Oligarchy #PhilosophyOfMoney #Plutocracy #Politics #PovertyAwareness #PowerAndControl #PowerDynamics #RealTalk #Reform #RiggedSystem #SocialCommentary #SocialEconomicWarfare #SocialJustice #Society #Solidarity #SpeakTruth #StatusQuo #SupportDisabled #Survival #SystemicOppression #SystemicPoverty #TaxTheRich #TruthBomb #TruthToPower #WakeUpCall #WealthGap #WealthInequality #WorkingClass #WorkingPoor
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The Sky Becomes a Minefield: How Drone Swarms Are Ending the Age of Air Superiority by Gandalv
NN reports that the pilot of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, shot down over Iran in April, described a sight that immediately triggered debate inside the U.S. Intelligence Community: multiple Iranian drones in the air, apparently interconnected or coordinated, moving as one. One source described larger drones with smaller drones beneath them, “like legs.” Another described it as a “minefield of drones” in the sky. -
Edo State: A Historical Analysis of Its Colonial Origins, Ethnic Composition, and Linguistic Heritage by Lawson Akhigbe
To truly understand Edo State today, one must trace its lineage back to the colonial provinces that formed its core: Benin Province and Afemai Province. -
How King Leopold II Of Belgium Killed 10 Million Africans In The Congo – Harrowing Details
King Leopold II of Belgium laid claim to the Congo and declared it his territory while exerting physical threats to the indigenous people of the Congo (Kongo). He declared the people and the land to be his property, and he quickly turned the country into a moneymaking venture for himself and his throne. -
Ha... "sexual cognitions involving submission (both positive and negative) have a greater association with sexual arousal in men than in women, whereas positive sexual cognitions of dominance showed the inverse pattern."
(The statistics are kind of wanky on this one. But still, there are some interesting bits in there)
Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00332941261430290
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The Rise And Reign Of The Godfather: Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Lawson Akhigbe
The Rise And Reign Of The Godfather — Bola Ahmed Tinubu -
The Silence of Friday: How J.M. Coetzee Flipped the Script on Robinson Crusoe
In 1986, South African Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee looked at Crusoe’s island and saw something entirely different: the blueprint for colonial trauma. -
In a democratic setting, the majority makes the government, but the minority benefits.
That’s the ultimate paradox and irony of governance: the masses drive the process with their votes, yet the tangible rewards and power inevitably concentrate in the hands of a fortunate few.#Democracy #Governance #Politics #SocialIrony #PowerDynamics
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At the same time, we are primates, and social mammals, and there are many species whose social order does always have a leader or a hierarchy, so it wouldn't surprise me if we have the same.
But even if that is true, it's not at all an argument to support hierarchy or monarchy! Rather, awareness that we carry that tendency in our DNA (if we do) can help us sit it alongside more adaptive patterns.
#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology
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@zeugmatisse Thanks for the link to this.
Something closely related which I've observed and which might explain this assumption is that it seems like us humans have a built-in bias towards what I call "bigman culture" - organising ourselves into a culture in which there is a leader.
I'm speculating about this cos of how many times I've been surprised by how readily a quite egalitarian group or a formally non-hierarchical group will nevertheless frequently end up with one person who tends to dominate the group direction or process.
I've noticed this also in myself - how readily I default to fitting in to that pattern.
Of course for us Westerners it's incredibly hard to say whether we comply with this pattern simply cos that's what we're socialised into.
And also I'm aware that strategically and practically in emergencies having one person in charge is really effective (assuming the're competent) - so it might be that any hardwiring towards a "leader" might just arise from that.
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#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology
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💥 Power Dynamics: Why Do We Insist That Someone Must Always Be "In Charge"?
This #Psychology Today article invites us to rethink #equality in ways that strengthen #relationships and communities... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/comparatively-speaking/202606/why-do-we-assume-someone-must-be-in-charge?ref=refind•|••
🏷️ #DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology
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OBJECTIFICATION AS POWER: A MYTH UNRAVELING?
New research questions if sexual objectification truly gives power, suggesting it might increase vulnerability instead. Understand the findings.
#Objectification, #PowerDynamics, #Sociology, #GenderStudies, #ResearchFindings
https://newsletter.tf/sexual-objectification-power-myth-questioned-research/
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New studies are questioning the old idea that sexual objectification gives power. The findings suggest it could actually make people more vulnerable.
#Objectification, #PowerDynamics, #Sociology, #GenderStudies, #ResearchFindings
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I think we autistics might know all this in our bones. In our hearts. Somewhere, anyway… but usually on an instinctive level.
Even if we’re not aware of our reasons or motivations, and instead struggle with shame and self-doubt (just as we’re encouraged and socialized to do).
But… clarity is the enemy of oppression!
It replaces confusion with transparency. It throws light on the landscape 🔦
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Throughout history, powerful men have utilized their status to exploit and abuse with impunity. This is a deep dive into the systems that protect abusers and why Epstein Island is just one chapter in a much longer story of patriarchal power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmWlUzSz_t8
#EpsteinFiles #Patriarchy #Feminism #PowerDynamics #SystemicAbuse
