If these machines became the dominant power on Earth, their strict values might become hegemonic, locking humanity into one ideology that would be incredibly resistant to change.
Today we learned about some of those impacts, starting with discussing patriarchy and sexism and Raewyn Connell’s concept of hegemonic masculinities and emphasized femininities.
Think of the type of guy who’s the lead of every action movie – tall, broad shouldered, strong, able-bodied, heterosexual, usually wealthy… probably named Chris – that’s hegemonic masculinity.
He argued that the ruling class stays in power, in part, through hegemonic culture, a dominant set of ideas that are all-pervasive and taken for granted in a society.
On the one hand there is no doubt that Austria lost its hegemonic status in Central Europe during her reign and Prussia emerged as a great rival for power in Germany.