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I feel the same. And sadly enough, those with whom I might discuss the matter don't see a loss of freedom in this: they justify the conditions as a fair quid pro quo in order to take advantage of modern services (health, technology, a longer life...). And they still pity natural people who can't enjoy the same privileges... Obviously a decent concept of freedom has been lost.

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Yes Marina. Just added this phrase to the article: "Joan Tronto's brings the idea of privileged irresponsibility, which added to the epistemologies of ignorance, an examination of the complexity in the production and maintenance of ignorance, gives little opportunity and space on the eurocentric psyche to observe and stay accountable for all of Modernity’s violence and brutal consequences. It’s easier to dissociate and follow the glare and the illusions of exceptionalism."

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