A lot of 'former' activists I know have been relatively quiet the past year because they're reorienting to the fact it is going to take a complete revolution that utterly disrupts global trade and supply lines.
People have been doing the relatively quiet work of divesting from capitalism itself. Learning first aid or food preserves or a functional anarchic form of justice don't make the news, but they mean that in the upcoming crises the left can fill the gap while states and fascists and corporations struggle.
In Freudian terms, the Right is based on the Id or base animal instincts, while the left is the Super Ego or long term thinking and lessons learned from civilized interactions.
In a world without thoughtful information and education and enforcement, the Id is the first thing that people resort to.
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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 56d
More like we all feel helpless in the face of it all with almost no hope of organizing productive resistance to a collapsing biosphere
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 55d
It's so demoralizing speaking to people who agree with every single one of your points, except when you say so we should do something about it!
Will check out this this video later
eleitl@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 54d
For very small scopes of "we", sure. For anything beyond communal level, forget about it.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 53d
I mean yeah I only ever address 1 to 12 people at a time
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 54d
A lot of 'former' activists I know have been relatively quiet the past year because they're reorienting to the fact it is going to take a complete revolution that utterly disrupts global trade and supply lines.
People have been doing the relatively quiet work of divesting from capitalism itself. Learning first aid or food preserves or a functional anarchic form of justice don't make the news, but they mean that in the upcoming crises the left can fill the gap while states and fascists and corporations struggle.
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 54d
They better be learning how to shoot, secure an area, plan patrols and monitor activity beyond, scout, booby traps, explosives,
List goes on. The right is doing this.
zabadoh@ani.social · 1 pts · 31d
In Freudian terms, the Right is based on the Id or base animal instincts, while the left is the Super Ego or long term thinking and lessons learned from civilized interactions.
In a world without thoughtful information and education and enforcement, the Id is the first thing that people resort to.
decapitae@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 54d
Good points. Pick your cause and do your best to further it
SolarPunk isn't just an aesthetic
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 55d
"Flood the zone" and the "firehose of falsehood" doing their job, causing citizens to be overwhelmed and check out.