Living people can be silenced by exploitation and poverty, not only by death

Evidence

It is the quiet of the exploited: of slaves, of indentured children, of women shackled and abused by custom; the silence of those rendered helpless and unable to express themselves because of poverty and hunger, homelessness and despair. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 407

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 407
• XREF: connects to: Extreme urban noise can override a person’s own self-image and defenses — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 32; Modern militaries use directed extreme sound itself as a weapon against people — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 415; People from impoverished conditions do not always recognize their poverty. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 21 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Instrumentalizing charity alienates individuals more radically than explicit communal sacrifice does #complicates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 413
• Unlimited individual freedom breeds new repression through natural inequality #complicates (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 534
• Zero-risk warfare implies radical inequality in the value of lives #expands (0.60)
• Hostile society alienates the colonized subject from his own body #expands (0.45)