Per previous threads: Things are both simpler & more complicated than initially appear. Simpler in sense that we all fundamentally want & need same things. More complicated in that our contexts & differing experiences of the world affect how we go about trying to achieve them.
I struggle w/ expanations that reverse these: That frame the differences btwn people as something essential to their very personhood rather than explained by their context, history, distinct challenges, & lived experience.
This isn't to say that we don't respond wrongly or unethically in trying to meeting core needs. We absolutely do & we must challenge this. It's not okay to solve a legitimate need in an illegitimate way.
At the same time, illegitimate solutions do not invalidate underlying needs. We must address both, affirming core need & confronting illegitimate means. And may heaven preserve us from leaders who would switch these for their own benefit.
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