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"As revolutionaries, we don't have the right to say that we're tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We also know that when the people understand, they cannot but follow us. In any case, we, the people, have no enemies when it comes to peoples. Our only enemies are the imperialist regimes and organizations." Thomas Sankara, 1985
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You are welcome! I'm not sure it needs to be a single word, two or three would suffice. For instance, blue maga and ya*****n devils are precise, but it upsets liberals.
Beholden to XYZ doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Maybe "traitors to the constituents," captures the idea but doesn't roll off the tongue, either. Disingenuous Democrats? Dangerous Democrats?
Smiling foxes captures it well. Are we reinventing the wheel?
I like "smiling foxes", that's like the Malcolm X quote, right?
Maybe a bit, I'm not sure. But can't hurt to see if there's stuff that resonates more than what we're using, right.
Yes, it is Malcolm. No one who speaks truth to power seems to be appreciated until they're dead. The hero's journey, right?
And then the y******n devils sanitize and whitewash the story to suit their purpose.
😂 I jest, don't take it to seriously. Storytelling was meant to bind us together, not separate us. A NOI-offshoot sibling told me in their faith, Allah told righteous black Muslims to have compassion on the Y******ns, as they were a product of black endeavors, and they were to help develop whites toward righteousness and mercy.
I live in a neighborhood that is at once wicked and righteous, in our own ways. I get annoyed and frustrated, in my worse moments; in my better ones, I get it and feel angry and sad capitalism (paper/Mammon/Ba'al worship) led us astray. No one wants to listen, because it's a slow way to power, and it looks like timelines are rushing ahead of our personal and collective development. "We don't have the right to say we are tired of explaining." I suppose when I look at it that way and how tired I get off explaining and my own impatience, it puts everything back in perspective.
"Miles to go before I sleep."
I'm sorry I came off offensively, in our earlier conversation. It wasn't my intention, and thanks for calling me out when I said I wasn't attacking you, personally, when my wording belied my intention. I'm glad we're able to move past it and recenter our focus where it belongs, sibling comrade. 🫡❤️
I still have problems with letting things bottle up and I'm sorry you got an unfair dose of some of it coming out. But yeah, I'm glad we were able to come out the other side without hard feelings.
The timeline stuff can be weird. Maybe it's anxiety talking on my part, but I have times when I'm like "it's a marathon and we must take the time we need" and then sometimes I'll read about climate change or something and be like "yikes, do we even have much time?" I vacillate between wanting to have a healthy long-term view of the future and wondering how many of us have one if we can't change things ASAP. But then OTOH, panicking can lead to adventurism when the conditions and organizing aren't there to back it up. The whole thing reminds me of what people say kinda half-jokingly about marxist-leninists sometimes; how much they can be like Cassandra of Greek mythology, making true predictions but not being believed.
Completely understandable! I accept and appreciate your apology, thank you!
I don't think anyone who lived through the collapse ever thought it was rainbows and unicorns. There seems a balance may exist somewhere between optimism and grounded expectations.