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    It is not the case that Confusing the epistemic effects of past power with the structural fact of present domination conflates subjective experience with objective relations of power.

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    • 1.Subjective experience of oppression is itself data about power relations; dismissing it as merely epistemic misses how domination operates psychologically.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'epistemic effects' and 'structural facts' is unstable; internalized norms shape which structures persist and remain invisible.
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    • 3.Claiming objectivity about 'present' power while excluding past trauma risks ignoring how historical domination reproduces itself through present subjectivities.
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    • 1.Structural domination exists independently of whether individuals psychologically feel dominated or experience its historical effects.
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    • 2.Conflating subjective suffering with objective power relations risks validating false consciousness while ignoring hidden structural constraints.
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    • 3.Material inequalities in access, resources, and institutional control remain measurable facts regardless of how people subjectively interpret them.
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