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As usual, this whole palaver is steeped in irony. It is amusing enough that “cultural appropriation” is, thus, ''in itself'' an act of cultural appropriation from the very western oppressors against whom it is usually used, but even better is it that ''this'', of all western intellectual traditions, should be the one the [[critical theory|critical theorists]] should latch on to, since property rights of any kind, let alone in abstract concepts like culture, were one of the more pernicious traditions western colonists imposed on their dominions. | As usual, this whole palaver is steeped in irony. It is amusing enough that “cultural appropriation” is, thus, ''in itself'' an act of cultural appropriation from the very western oppressors against whom it is usually used, but even better is it that ''this'', of all western intellectual traditions, should be the one the [[critical theory|critical theorists]] should latch on to, since property rights of any kind, let alone in abstract concepts like culture, were one of the more pernicious traditions western colonists imposed on their dominions. | ||
Segregating | Segregating certain historical behaviours, and reserving them for sections of the community is profoundly illiberal — isn’t it? — and profligate — why waste good ideas? — and generally wounding to the cause of cultural education, progress, integration, and for that matter preservation. | ||
There is no monopoly on good ideas. Well, there wasn’t until some capitalists invented that idea and — ironically — forgot to claim | There is no monopoly on good ideas. | ||
Well, there wasn’t, until some capitalists invented that idea and — ironically — forgot to claim ownership in it. | |||