This is helpful, Miche, thank you. It makes me want to write something super practical about how to divest retirement accounts from weapons manufacturers and other companies from profit from war and human-made famine. It can be too easy to believe that "the system is violent on my behalf" or "there is no virtuous consumption under capitalism" are excuses for not taking action.
Endorsing Harry Potter, propping up the individual-blaming the powerful use to atomize and diffuse responsibility for atrocities, and participating in the mass theft and obliteration of reading and writing skills that is “generative AI”? I’m out.
It’s possible to think you’re wildly wrong and supporting people who are actively working to end my (and your!) life without “binary thinking”. But if you’re bound and determined to go berating individuals for not having enough spoons and privilege to try to extract themselves from the systems built to prop up genocide that’s what you’re gonna do 🤷🏼♀️
I stated in my article that these are my raw thoughts and I would love to engage in constructive conversation. The feeling I'm getting from your comments is that you're not in that place, i.e. you make statements and you don't ask questions, which is completely fine and valid. That being said, this may not be the best sub to follow.
I'll still be here waiting if you ever want conversation.
This is helpful, Miche, thank you. It makes me want to write something super practical about how to divest retirement accounts from weapons manufacturers and other companies from profit from war and human-made famine. It can be too easy to believe that "the system is violent on my behalf" or "there is no virtuous consumption under capitalism" are excuses for not taking action.
I can’t wait to read what you’ll write about this!
There’s so much action to take!!
Endorsing Harry Potter, propping up the individual-blaming the powerful use to atomize and diffuse responsibility for atrocities, and participating in the mass theft and obliteration of reading and writing skills that is “generative AI”? I’m out.
you're illustrating my point
It’s possible to think you’re wildly wrong and supporting people who are actively working to end my (and your!) life without “binary thinking”. But if you’re bound and determined to go berating individuals for not having enough spoons and privilege to try to extract themselves from the systems built to prop up genocide that’s what you’re gonna do 🤷🏼♀️
I stated in my article that these are my raw thoughts and I would love to engage in constructive conversation. The feeling I'm getting from your comments is that you're not in that place, i.e. you make statements and you don't ask questions, which is completely fine and valid. That being said, this may not be the best sub to follow.
I'll still be here waiting if you ever want conversation.