Spot on as always Scarlet, and thank you for continuing to put the insanity of what's unfolding into a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand format for so many people to engage with. I really resonated with this one part in particular, because it speaks to so much of what I've been dealing with & discussing with folks in my own life: "A population that is housed and fed and healthy is a population that does not have to resort to outlandish tales to explain why their needs aren’t being met. Full bellies is the first step to clear minds. Powerlessness is a large part of why people feel drawn to believe certain narratives; restoring power to the people removes much of that motivation on its own. Instead of the population feeling like things are being done to them, they are being done by them and with them." I really do believe that if we managed to build a society where people's needs were routinely met, we wouldn't see people so easily discard object truth for conspiratorially convenient theories (trans folks & migrants, for example, being immensely popular scapegoats). We wouldn't be subjected to a belligerent ruling class that directly benefits from us being at each other's throats in a cutthroat scramble for survival. Both sides of the capital coin have long fed into this and continue to do so -- making it paramount for the people to recognize, organize, and mobilize in unified collective struggle & solidarity that sees us tear down this inhumane system, and consciously build something new in its place. Our global, collective survival depends on it, and the clock remains forever ticking.
The goal of these greedy fucks is for us not be able to imagine a different world. We have to keep imagining and talking about a different way for us to structure our society. It is paramount as we face this onslaught.
I know you've made this point elsewhere but I just want to highlight - the combination of 1) Trump radically reimagining what happened to make the murderer the victim, 2) Democrats refusing to call for cutting off funding or supplies to ICE, and 3) a doctor being blocked from rendering aid on site, all form a pattern that is consistent with what we've witnessed in Gaza.
Spot on as always Scarlet, and thank you for continuing to put the insanity of what's unfolding into a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand format for so many people to engage with. I really resonated with this one part in particular, because it speaks to so much of what I've been dealing with & discussing with folks in my own life: "A population that is housed and fed and healthy is a population that does not have to resort to outlandish tales to explain why their needs aren’t being met. Full bellies is the first step to clear minds. Powerlessness is a large part of why people feel drawn to believe certain narratives; restoring power to the people removes much of that motivation on its own. Instead of the population feeling like things are being done to them, they are being done by them and with them." I really do believe that if we managed to build a society where people's needs were routinely met, we wouldn't see people so easily discard object truth for conspiratorially convenient theories (trans folks & migrants, for example, being immensely popular scapegoats). We wouldn't be subjected to a belligerent ruling class that directly benefits from us being at each other's throats in a cutthroat scramble for survival. Both sides of the capital coin have long fed into this and continue to do so -- making it paramount for the people to recognize, organize, and mobilize in unified collective struggle & solidarity that sees us tear down this inhumane system, and consciously build something new in its place. Our global, collective survival depends on it, and the clock remains forever ticking.
Also, I am a person who is still masking for the most part and I think about Biden and the Democrats’ failure on COVID a lot
The goal of these greedy fucks is for us not be able to imagine a different world. We have to keep imagining and talking about a different way for us to structure our society. It is paramount as we face this onslaught.
You can't.
Thank you so much for putting this into words, Scarlet
Exactly so. 💯
I know you've made this point elsewhere but I just want to highlight - the combination of 1) Trump radically reimagining what happened to make the murderer the victim, 2) Democrats refusing to call for cutting off funding or supplies to ICE, and 3) a doctor being blocked from rendering aid on site, all form a pattern that is consistent with what we've witnessed in Gaza.
"Full bellies is the first step to clear minds." So simple yet so important.