Pity As Power
If you are not in a position of power, the key to a successful identity is to elicit sympathy. It sets you apart and gives you power over others! You can add good and noble attributes to whichever heritage you choose!
Heritage:
Select your gender, ethnicity, religion and geography. You can change it as needed! Steal several. See how they fit.
Heritage:
Once you have established an oppressed heritage, you may ASSERT your identity with the confidence that you are OWED something,
which gives you more IDENTITY PURCHASING POWER.
Embarassed By Your Heritage? If your heritage seems to oppressive, you can select one that is almost indistinguishable to outsiders, but much more palatable. For example, Americans embarassed
by their empire can be Canadians! Germans can pretend to be Austrian, or with some practice, Swiss!
Heritage is distilled history,
stripped of its complexity. Your ethnic and cultural heritage does NOT mean you are identical to your ancestors. As in all other
aspects of identity, you can steal what you like and leave the uncomfortable or nonconforming elements behind!
Winners and Losers:
"History belongs to the losers. In heritage, we aspire to defeat, to be oppressed."
David Lowenthal
Need A Heritage Fix?Nothing but a white Patriarchal lineage? "Out" the closeted gays! It's safe and easy if it is in the past!