John_Maxwell comments on Pretending to be Wise - LessWrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell 21 February 2009 01:46:33AM 1 point [-]

Paolo Freire said, "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."

If the outcome of their conflict is not being affected by your existence, it can be said that you are neutral. If you disagree with me, I would be interested to hear what definition of "neutral" you are using.