I’m part (in a tiny mostly spectator way) of an artist collective called Friends of Indira.
A recently deported Venezuelan family, a mother and her three children have been living on the streets after being deported.
A recently deported Venezuelan family, a mother and her three children have been living on the streets after being deported.
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And the answer is we can’t. In a lot of cases, harm is going to happen no matter what we do.
But.
We can mitigate harm. We can persistently protect and soothe and support the people being harmed.
They cannot win against empathy. They have to root it out.
Which means. If we keep our empathy, we win.
Why do dictators go after NGOs. Why was USAID the first thing shut down?
Because we are in a cyberwar.
It’s the same strategy Nazis use trying to infiltrate spaces. Except empathy is so much more potent than fascism. Empathy inspires.