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I can't help but see the cyclical nature of humanity.

For any location/population, there exists an opinion—e.g. a banana must only be opened by breaking at the stem end. Another person/group may have a slightly different opinion—a banana could be opened by splitting at the blossom end; this disparity in opinions becomes factions. Thus, we have two factions of the same location/population. All things being equal, the struggle for power, to push one faction's opinion over the other creates a majority/minority pair.

By virtue of being in the minority banana eating faction, i.e. the banana underdog—using Fanon's logic—grants themselves the right to use violence against the majority.

Its all bananas.

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