if your reaction to the tiktok ban is "well now influencers have to get real jobs" and not "wow this is a terrifying display of censorship," i am begging you to reach into the deepest recesses of your brain and dust off those critical thinking skills
When I started talking about Oligarchy, many people didn't understand what I meant.
Well, that's changed.
When the 3 wealthiest men in America sit behind Trump at his inauguration, everyone understands that the billionaire class now controls our government.
We must fight back.
in all seriousness. if you’re really scared. the only way out is together. community. not government, or the CEOs that are now hand in hand w/ it , community and sharing resources and information will be vital. get together and organize. we have to be each other’s safe spaces
A ceasefire is not enough. Palestinians are still living in an open air prison. They will still be assaulted at check points. The apartheid and occupation system still exists. Don’t stop talking until Palestine is free and they are allowed to return and live freely on their land!
Friendly reminder that anti-intellectualism is an authoritarian tactic that is used to control a population by robbing people of the tools to understand and solve problems, foster innovation and build up communities. Education gives people power to improve their conditions.
fyi, what's happening globally is all connected. the far-right movements, dictatorship, and genocide, etc... they're all intertwined. it's important we understand and educate ourselves on intersectionality. help each other, build communities, and pay attention. it all matters.
i did a workshop last week w/ a group of yt queer organizers and i told them that their so called « activist fatigue » is b/c they don’t have an embodied liberation practice they can draw from since they spend more time appropriating the knowledge systems of non-yt people instead