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“The more powerful the group to which we belong, the less likely, generally, we are to question the system that legitimises and confers these privileges.”

Class Power Privilege

Book:Counselling, Class and Politics: Undeclared Influences in Therapy

Source: Counselling, Class and Politics: Undeclared Influences in Therapy

“Part of this rise of individualism is evident in the mistrust about the social support of vulnerable social groups, such as lone parents, and elderly, or unemployed, people, and in the suggestion that a 'nanny state' was emerging because 'too many' people were dependant on state benefits. (This is in context of a world economy that is creating mass unemployment, where support for the family has consistently been undermined, where elderly people have had services withdrawn that allowed them to be cared for by their families, and so on.) In other words, the ethic of social support being undermined by 'rugged individualism' results in blaming the victim for their own difficulties.”

Politics Inequality Conservatism Victim Blaming Thatcherism

Book:Counselling, Class and Politics: Undeclared Influences in Therapy

Source: Counselling, Class and Politics: Undeclared Influences in Therapy

“There is no politically neutral fence available for us to sit on, and our attempts to do so have the consequence (intended or not) of supporting the existing political system.”

Politics Activism Involvement Taking A Stand

Book:Counselling, Class and Politics: Undeclared Influences in Therapy

Source: Counselling, Class and Politics: Undeclared Influences in Therapy