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Hi friends. It's not a great time. The path forward is unclear. Each day closer to election brings more uncertainty to the future, not less. We are all exhausted from these protests and heartsick that we've been stonewalled on actual change
Helplessness is a horrible feeling
Helplessness is a horrible feeling
One way to overcome helplessness is to transmute it into rage. This can actually be real productive, but the target is important
There's a teeny bit of a tendency on the Left sometimes to turn that rage on those next to us, for not doing enough or maliciously doing it wrong
There's a teeny bit of a tendency on the Left sometimes to turn that rage on those next to us, for not doing enough or maliciously doing it wrong
I'm not saying internal criticism is bad or that there aren't problems in here, of course there are.
Just: ask yourself if the person you're furious at is the problem or if it just feels better to be angry at someone you can see than a system completely indifferent to your pain
Just: ask yourself if the person you're furious at is the problem or if it just feels better to be angry at someone you can see than a system completely indifferent to your pain
We are all trapped in a system we did not create that is choking the life out of us. Some people are choked way harder than others
No one on the left wants this shit, that's why we're here
None of us knows exactly how to fix it, if we did we would have done it already
No one on the left wants this shit, that's why we're here
None of us knows exactly how to fix it, if we did we would have done it already
Heading into whatever November brings , we need community now more than ever
Please consider viewing your comrades as people doing their best and acting accordingly
Please consider viewing your comrades as people doing their best and acting accordingly
