Thread by @williamcson, Being condescending every day and talking down to people who need to [...]

William C.

williamcson

Being condescending every day and talking down to people who need to be organized isn& #39;t organizing.

Internal critique is good. Maybe we should be asking ourselves why so many people think a certain way and what could we be doing to change that reality instead of just talking down. Let& #39;s grow.

What alternative is being offered to people? We can& #39;t just tell people they& #39;re wrong every day during a crisis and say go read a book. What are we building to meet people& #39;s material needs? Condescension is not paying bills. Snark is not housing anyone. Dismissal is not food.

We need to feed minds and stomachs. The Black Panther Party taught us a lot, but one of the most important things it taught us was that you have to offer people alternatives. Meet the need where the state is failing people and organize! Don& #39;t just condescend.

People are already doing a lot of work to offer people aid through survival programs. But we have to coordinate these efforts and build more of them to be strong enough to undermine the system that& #39;s not meeting needs. An actual alternative will help change the reality we& #39;re in.

I understand being mad about the way things are, but that& #39;s a good reason to ask what we can be doing better. It& #39;s good to ask what& #39;s been done so far that hasn& #39;t been working. We should push and challenge ourselves while we hope to do the same for others.

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