The Covid pandemic accelerated this. It supercharged the idea that there are entire groups of people who are not worthy of protection. Not worthy of life. Acceptable losses.
If we don’t start acknowledging that and changing the narrative, the hate and division will only continue to grow.
If we don’t start acknowledging that and changing the narrative, the hate and division will only continue to grow.
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Naomi Klein
Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
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Keeping people divided based on brand.
And people want to continue preaching the "Escapism" card.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight?
Or how GamerGate was brought back from 2014 because [checks notes] some Captial G Gamers thought it was necessary to vilify Sweet Baby, Inc.
If I can make you angry over a brand, I can make you angry over a group of people. if I can make you upset about menial things that don't matter, I can get you mad about stuff that DOES matter.
The point of DEIA was to increase accessibility and inclusion for all. We shouldn’t be erased from it.
Didn’t care about community or protecting their neighbours. Didn’t care about anything other than their ability to get ‘back to normal.’
We, US & other (notably fascist) countries, have been institutionalizing & mrdring spoonies & crazies our entire existence.
I use the word crazies to mean all us ppl with mental health diagnoses or any trait that can be framed as such; gender, queerness, race, political dissenters... (& to meet word count)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weve-hit-peak-denial-heres-why-we-cant-turn-away-from-reality/