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Evan Prodromou@evan@cosocial.ca (2026-05-29 11:20:53)
Reminded of the Audrey Lord quote by @majorlinux: "For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house." 

This is a weird quote because it doesn't really follow within the logic of the metaphor. Why wouldn't his tools dismantle his house?
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Evan Prodromou@evan@cosocial.ca (2026-05-29 11:23:47)
It'd make more sense if the person's profession was one that used vastly different tools than would be required by the dismantling process. "The printmaker's tools will never dismantle the printmaker's boat." "The stonemason's tools will never dismantle the stonemason's newsletter."

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Evan Prodromou@evan@cosocial.ca (2026-05-29 11:29:06)
But maybe there's something in here about a rich and dominant man that might make his tools inappropriate for house-dismantling.

Let's consider a man who owns an estate, maybe a farm or ranch or something. If everything there belongs to him, does that include all the tools, too?

On a big enough property, there'd have to be tools for demolition too, right? Sledgehammers and axes and various explosives or whatever?