Quote Originally Posted by Bootman View Post
The issue is that without the bad land there is no argument for Goblin oppression in any way they don't already oppress others. Without it we get to cite the dwarves living in a frozen wasteland and having an awful afterlife set up, we get to cite the western continent, dirt farmers, grungy bandits, etc. It stops being about the Goblins being screwed and starts being about everyone being screwed to varying degrees.
Yes, viewing oppression solely through the lens of race would leave us blind to other injustices, like the crushing poverty of the dirt farmers. Likewise, viewing oppression solely through the lens of class struggle would omit the systematic inequalities imposed on goblin kind, which are distinct from the general mistreatment of the poor. You're right to push for an intersectional view that acknowledges multiple injustices, but that doesn't cancel out the oppression of goblinfolk.