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Evan Prodromou@evan@cosocial.ca (2026-05-29 11:56:37)
That might be the key to it -- the Zen riddle at the heart of Lorde's quote. The master's tools can never dismantle the master's house because by the time we get to the house-dismantling stage, they're not his tools any more. They're our tools, or nobody's tools -- a mob's tools, the crowd's collective tools.
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Jessamyn@jessamyn@glammr.us (2026-05-29 12:12:58)
@evan I've always taken it that way. The master's tools can never dismantle the master's house by definition. He's not the master if you're at the house-dismantling stage with his former tools.

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Evan Prodromou@evan@cosocial.ca (2026-05-29 12:18:27)
@jessamyn it makes the most sense, really.