Victims of oppression actively cope and adapt rather than only suffer damage

Evidence

Oppression, he notices, doesn’t make people saintly, it makes them potential killers; all victims are dangerous. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 737 (#complicates, via linked claim)

One of the gravest obstacles to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge human beings’ consiousness. Functionally, oppression is domesticating. To no longer be prey to its force, one must emerge from it and turn upon it. This can be done only by means of the praxis: reflection and action upon the world in order to transform it. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 121 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: People seek refuge in the very power that injures them — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2486; Age strongly determines how displaced people cope with forced relocation — Andrew Demshuk, The Lost German East: Forced Migration…, 919; People endure settled oppression rather than abolish familiar government for minor causes. (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Oppression does not confer virtue but breeds potential violence in victims #complicates (0.85) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 737
• Oppression functions by domesticating and submerging consciousness. #complicates (0.80) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 121
• Subordinates actively cooperate in their own oppression #complicates (0.78)
• Benevolent beliefs can recruit subordinates into supporting their own oppression. #complicates (0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 773