> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 6 evergreens</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[oppression]]</s> > [!wikipedia] [oppression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppression) > > Oppression is malicious or unjust treatment or exercise of [[power]], often under the guise of governmental authority or cultural opprobrium. Oppression may be overt or covert, depending on how it is practiced. Oppression refers to discrimination when the injustice does not target and may not directly afflict everyone in [[society]] but instead targets or disproportionately impacts specific groups of people. > > No universally accepted model or terminology has yet emerged to describe oppression in its entirety, although some scholars cite evidence of different types of oppression, such as social oppression, cultural, political, religious/belief, institutional oppression, and economic oppression. > > However, oppression does have one key universal element regardless of the category, oppression is when one imposes their will or agenda onto another in disregard to their natural rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights offers a bench mark from which to assess both individual and structural models of oppression. The concept, popularized in Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto of 1848, is often used to justify state persecution. > ##### ^dataviews > [!dataview]+ Related unlinked notes > > - [[Hierarchy enables oppression]] > - [[Oppressors invent reasoning for their oppression]] > - [[The caste system preserved hierarchy through purity]] > [!dataview]- Other unlinked mentions > > - [[topics]] > - [[To those with privilege, losing it feels like oppression]] > - [[Why do we stall in life]] > - [[You will never be pushed to understand marginalization unless you are part of a marginalized group]]