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    Iris Marion Young's social group ontology holds that shar... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Middle and upper class women will inevitably betray working class women in cross-class alliances

    Iris Marion Young's social group ontology holds that shared positional identity produces variable, not fixed, political orientations across individuals within a class.

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    • 1.Individuals in identical structural positions (e.g., workers) respond differently based on distinct lived experiences, cultural backgrounds, and personal histories.
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    • 2.Young's framework explains why class-based political movements splinter into divergent factions despite shared material conditions or occupational roles.
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    • 3.Empirical political behavior shows workers, poor people, and marginalized groups consistently hold heterogeneous political views, contradicting fixed-orientation models.
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    • 1.If positional identity produces only variable orientations, the framework loses explanatory power—it cannot predict or identify systematic political patterns within groups.
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    • 2.Young's claim relies on circular reasoning: variance in politics proves positions alone don't determine politics, but this doesn't explain what does or how positions matter.
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