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Weighing power and responsibility

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Lara Wilson
Jun 30, 2021
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When you’re asking permission for something in Spanish — puedo, podemos — you’re literally asking for power. Power being a thing someone else can grant, a form of currency that can change hands with a nod. (The verb for “to be able to,” poder, equals the noun for “power,” poder.) I visited a small town in Mexico recently where only the elders had receiv…

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