People make their own history, but they do not make it as they please. Our material conditions limit our agency. We go where the jobs are, where the money is, where the possibilities for a better future are. Those are all choices.

But you can't ignore the material conditions that lead to those choices. We aren't just free floating agents in a sea of possibilities.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

People make their own history, but they do not make it as they please.

Never said they or we do

Our material conditions limit our agency.

Totally agree

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think you may have misspoke. You said I'm removing their agency. I did no such thing.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Your phrasing of your first comment certainly read that way to me. I didn’t misspeak. If I did not understand your meaning/intention that’s a fair claim.