Some people think that RESISTANCE means only FIGHTING.
But fighting can also be a symptom of feeling powerless. And "resistance" means taking back our power.
Thus, we have to abstain from "non-productive" fighting in order to truly resist, reclaim, & move ourselves forward.
But fighting can also be a symptom of feeling powerless. And "resistance" means taking back our power.
Thus, we have to abstain from "non-productive" fighting in order to truly resist, reclaim, & move ourselves forward.
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luxury of open, organized, political activity: such activity was dangerous, if not suicidal (...) For these reasons it seemed to me more important to understand what we
might call everyday forms of peasant resistance"
If someone near Portland Oregon wants me on their team, they could help me in Vancouver Washington. Trying to get transportation services to CVAB or the Library FVRL.
The mass exodus of Twitter is resistance.
Find what you can do and do that. Not everyone can, or needs to, lead a charge.
https://george-lakoff.com/2014/11/29/george-lakoff-in-politics-progressives-need-to-frame-their-values/
A lot of people stay in the struggle, thinking that struggling is the only way to win.
But by continuing to play the game on terms they've defined, you lose the game & you lose your sanity.