So, like, instead of making assumptions about someone's internal life, look at the material, economic, social situations they're in and ask of those situations are dictating or constraining their behavior?

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really. If you see a stranger kicking a vending machine, there's a (well-documented!) bias to think "that much be a violent and angry person" instead of "that person is having such a bad day they're kicking vending machines now."

You could go dig all the way into material and social situations that caused a person to yada yada yada, but that's way deeper in.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Cool, thank you for the explanation.