there are hundreds of thousands of grassroots orgs and other activists chipping away at every tiny hurdle in every possibly way every single day...this is work that is largely unseen by the general public, which is good because that's what gives it power
i keep telling y'all that politics is local. and in a country that's really more like a continent w/50 different countries, alot of work is being done on the ground in the thousands of local municipalities that will never make to the national cable news desk.
i'm not sayin this to convey hope, because 'we're screwed' isn't a future thing..we're already in it, we've already experienced it, so it's never not been that...its a just the latest way.
lastly, if you're concerned truly, then find the folks that are locally doing 'the work', align with them and support them. that's it.
d "i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz "But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
7. "and on the 'exit plan'" In response to Reply # 6 Tue Aug-11-26 12:00 PM by Damali
anti blackness and white supremacist patriarchy is global
fascism and authoritarianism is spreading
shitty people exists everywhere.
but yes, of course, get in where you fit in...go see the rest of the world. explore, connect, eat, discuss, wander...all those things are important
forget what you think the western world owes you. your mortgage and 401k and health plans and 220k+/year salary, and your stocks and IRA are only real because a fake, fragile system tells you it is. but it can go away at any time. just like you and your fragile human body.
so live. fully.
d
"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz "But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
8. "Yeah I don't fuzz with the catastrophizing defeatest. " In response to Reply # 6
This has been a quote that has stuck with me recently:
"Problem-solvers take an issue and cut it up into small, solvable chunks. Problem-sellers do the opposite: bundling various remotely connected issues together into one big, scary problem. The consequence is that problem-sellers make problems look insurmountable when they're not."
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
9. "love that quote...I would add that" In response to Reply # 8
the problem sellers also profit from the big scary problem.
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"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz "But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz "But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
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