fuckidunno
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Ah, the highlighted
"So the sheepdogs bowed out, because they were told they were too much like wolves and any pushback was interpreted as them behaving in a wolfish manner."
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I don't believe that covers all the implications and ramifications in the sheepdog being a modified wolf
for example, it doesn't really cover the nature of the modification by an overseer who simply shifts predation to THEIR (the overseers) benefit.
(which could have imlications such as mere abstracted predation. The lack of agency of the sheepdog and the sheepdog as slave/victim)
nor does it cover dogs don't always bow out, but are shot for "worrying the livestock" (another selection)
[those are just examples and not meant to be exhaustive, there could be myriad others. That's the wonder thing about analogy, though frustrating when trying to make a single point and others find other connections within the model]
The gossman view (which the sheep, sheepdog, wolf analogy is often called) doesn't often explore the wider implications of the power structure, often completely ignoring the overseer role, the shifting of the predation, and applying a conception of "mercy" that is generated from WITHIN the system
"So the sheepdogs bowed out, because they were told they were too much like wolves and any pushback was interpreted as them behaving in a wolfish manner."
appeared below the expansion.
I don't believe that covers all the implications and ramifications in the sheepdog being a modified wolf
for example, it doesn't really cover the nature of the modification by an overseer who simply shifts predation to THEIR (the overseers) benefit.
(which could have imlications such as mere abstracted predation. The lack of agency of the sheepdog and the sheepdog as slave/victim)
nor does it cover dogs don't always bow out, but are shot for "worrying the livestock" (another selection)
[those are just examples and not meant to be exhaustive, there could be myriad others. That's the wonder thing about analogy, though frustrating when trying to make a single point and others find other connections within the model]
The gossman view (which the sheep, sheepdog, wolf analogy is often called) doesn't often explore the wider implications of the power structure, often completely ignoring the overseer role, the shifting of the predation, and applying a conception of "mercy" that is generated from WITHIN the system
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