No one is coming to save us. No one accepted into the power structures can, or even wants to bring us liberation. For God's sake, look beyond the ballot. The future we deserve can exist, but only if we build it from the streets up.
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Every day, new people are freshly learning that electoralism itself is part of the machinery which maintains a fixedly-violent status quo. I tip my hat to the ones who patiently help others through that process, but yeah, mutualism in local community is where we ought to be going
Totally, and please forgive me.
I tried to capture my feelings in a single reply, but I forgot to articulate that we may as well vote and exercise what rights we have even while recognizing how much else we need to do after.
Hey. I dont live in America, but in germany, yet I still fear about the future. I tried to participate in a social movement group, but I just feel permanently exhausted and that I lack the strength to do anything... how can I keep hope for the future if the entire world seems to turn against us? :/
Find people you can trust & try & work together to tangibly improve something. It can start in your own homes, helping eachother fix a broken appliance, & grow from there. If the world we have today came from flint & mud, so much more can come from what we have now.
Some things you can do that a low energy with a big impact:
- Change to an ethical bank so your money is invested not in weapons or fossil fuels.
- Shop locally, shop at big chain stores or big online stores as little as possible
- Use public transport, it helps fund essential public services
Am always using public transport, though thats also cause I never could afford a drivers license. But intend to do so. As for the bank, I am already looking at one, but first gotta afford the switch. Right now most of my food comes from the bakery I work at since I get it for free
Until everyone gets involved, nothing will fundamentally change. My worry is that society will need to get much worse before enough people get uncomfortable enough to take any action.
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I tried to capture my feelings in a single reply, but I forgot to articulate that we may as well vote and exercise what rights we have even while recognizing how much else we need to do after.
Rest up today so you can fight tomorrow.
- Change to an ethical bank so your money is invested not in weapons or fossil fuels.
- Shop locally, shop at big chain stores or big online stores as little as possible
- Use public transport, it helps fund essential public services