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FIRE
FUEL
Don’t confuse the 2 due to their usually close proximity to each other; when you mistakenly switch their purposes you run into conflicts primarily due to false expectations.
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FUEL Don’t confuse the 2 due to their usually close proximity to each other; when you mistakenly switch their purposes you run into conflicts primarily due to false expectations.
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FIRE is the visible effect of the process of combustion (burning) — a special type of heat-producing reaction occurring between oxygen in the air and some sort of fuel.
It primarily RELEASES heat (intensity), light (illumination & awareness) & smoke (signaling).
It primarily RELEASES heat (intensity), light (illumination & awareness) & smoke (signaling).
FUEL is the material(s) burned to produce heat, energy or power. Many things can act as fuel, but it must be heated to such an extent that, if it’s not already a gas, releases gases from its surface since only gases can react in combustion.
The fuel must be heated to its “ignition temperature” to combust. The reaction goes as long as there is enough heat, fuel and oxygen. This is known as the Fire Triangle.
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cranks up w/a turn of the ignition, sparking the fuel & heating it to a temps that ignites the engine.
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cranks up w/a turn of the ignition, sparking the fuel & heating it to a temps that ignites the engine.
In terms of #ADOS, the elements for remain the same:
Heat: Grassroots Work, or “boots on the ground”
Fuel: Economic Data
Oxygen: Reparations Advocacy (on- & off-line)
ADOS defines who we are as a lineage, but these 3 things politically react to compose the MOVEMENT.
remain the same: Heat: Grassroots Work, or “boots on the ground”
Fuel: Economic Data
Oxygen: Reparations Advocacy (on- & off-line)
ADOS defines who we are as a lineage, but these 3 things politically react to compose the MOVEMENT.
Political movements are rooted in careful planning, organizing & fundraising, not uprisings or spontaneous activities.
At the core of all legitimate political movements lie strategic mobilization of INDIVIDUALS forming a collective to continue providing elements prev. mentioned.
At the core of all legitimate political movements lie strategic mobilization of INDIVIDUALS forming a collective to continue providing elements prev. mentioned.
Herein lies the direct dilemma of supporting a candidate & his/her campaign:
You’re trying to fuel the campaign to elect an individual with fire, which isn’t a fuel in of itself. Remember, fires provide heat, light or smoke, not fuel.
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You’re trying to fuel the campaign to elect an individual with fire, which isn’t a fuel in of itself. Remember, fires provide heat, light or smoke, not fuel.
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Indirectly, the fuel of a movement are its individuals participating in it.
But if the collective goes ALL IN on an election, what is the mission now: getting a candidate elected to push our cause or pushing our cause so candidates & society are pressured politically to adopt?
But if the collective goes ALL IN on an election, what is the mission now: getting a candidate elected to push our cause or pushing our cause so candidates & society are pressured politically to adopt?
They SOUND similar but they aren’t.
Matthew 6:24 states that “No one can serve two masters...you will be devoted to the one and despise the other...”
The movement advocates for #Reparations using our “Fire Triangle” to raise awareness, not to run candidates.
Matthew 6:24 states that “No one can serve two masters...you will be devoted to the one and despise the other...”
The movement advocates for #Reparations using our “Fire Triangle” to raise awareness, not to run candidates.
Individually, I encourage people donate, volunteer, share posts, policy plans, etc. as they are personally motivated to do so when it comes to campaigns that push our proposals.
If your campaign brings awareness to the movement, I’ll support using my funds, time & other capital.
If your campaign brings awareness to the movement, I’ll support using my funds, time & other capital.
But when it comes to group input, that’s where standards & protocols come into play. Nothing personal, but proper vetting is the key to sustainable movements to prevent no one person, campaign or other subgroups co-opt and subvert the movement intentionally or inadvertently.
I’ve seen people reference other groups, e.g FOP, NRA & other unions that endorse candidates to push specific agendas.
They aren’t endorsing to support people individually, but rather to create VOTING BLOCS in some legislative body, usually multiple ones.
They aren’t endorsing to support people individually, but rather to create VOTING BLOCS in some legislative body, usually multiple ones.
No groups endorse only 1 person in a legislative body; politics is an exchange not a gift, and that’s what endorsements are:
Providing
& the protection of a voting bloc in exchange for loyal participation in that bloc with swift punishment for backsliding.
Providing
& the protection of a voting bloc in exchange for loyal participation in that bloc with swift punishment for backsliding.
If we collectively don’t have the resources to provide support nor the power to create blocs, provide protection & politically punish people for disloyalty, it’s not worth it.
If the fuel for the movement will instead fuel campaigns, it’s not worth it.
If the fuel for the movement will instead fuel campaigns, it’s not worth it.
I’ll never discourage anyone from running for office; I’ll support you any way I can, and others will too.
But campaign support cannot extinguish the. Movements illuminate issues & provide guidance as to how campaign should focus agendas, not to power them with cash & labor.
But campaign support cannot extinguish the
. Movements illuminate issues & provide guidance as to how campaign should focus agendas, not to power them with cash & labor.
#ADOS is a that we pull from individually & collectively to enlighten our #Reparations advocacy to take into our communities to illuminate transformative solutions to problems we’ve long faced.
But fires have no capacity to fuel & that was never it’s intended purpose.
that we pull from individually & collectively to enlighten our #Reparations advocacy to take into our communities to illuminate transformative solutions to problems we’ve long faced.But fires have no capacity to fuel & that was never it’s intended purpose.
I consider Galatians 6:2-5:
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ...but let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden.
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Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ...but let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden.
Ultimately,
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