No, Democrats aren't going to save us.
Conflating voting with activism has led to the myth that voting is the ONLY activism.
It's not.
We save ourselves - with protests, with mutual aid, with community, with refusal to comply in advance, with organizing, with litigation, with direct action.
Conflating voting with activism has led to the myth that voting is the ONLY activism.
It's not.
We save ourselves - with protests, with mutual aid, with community, with refusal to comply in advance, with organizing, with litigation, with direct action.
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To be fair this is very common in a lot of countries but the way donations et al is legal in America makes it worse.
If they ever decide to *join us* in the fight for human equality, it will be a pleasant surprise. But I'm not waiting.
Leftists: “nah, I’m not feeling like voting against obvious fascists.”
lmfao
You cannot vote your way out of fascism. Democrats forced people to choose between one genocide and many genocides. Democrats need to suck less.
You may be willing to sentence others to death for your own comfort and safety, but I can't do that.
People refusing to support a candidate who is backing genocide of any form did not put us where we are. Complacency did.
This is fucking dumb and inaccurate.
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“Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1-rraq_sRU6n-rvGj45AxscxouGVcH03efhMQHJYzc6w/htmlview#
And this is what activists don't understand. Particularly those who haven't built something like a union.
It takes all of it though.
It's hard exhausting work, that's been co-opted by lazy NPO leaders.
It's bullshit.
Saving ourselves is a collective effort. Sitting and waiting is pointless.
It really is that simple. You don't have to do every activism. Just do what you can.
That won't change unless we call it out.
They're fascist and they exist to kill leftist movements.
https://bsky.app/profile/fritschner.bsky.social/post/3lh4xiosn3s27
You are likely to fall victim to predatory power mongers, cults, and grifters if you do.
Support the organizations that have been doing the work since before it was trending!
New organizations have issues around getting off the ground. And being part of that can be educational and exciting.
Older organizations have challenges and benefits.
Abusers & predators are there in some cases.
People who have good intentions but are ineffective is a more common problem.
People highly focused on building power (by building power over members) create situations that abusers see as opportunities.
The people one joins with will ideally be a peer group.