What that response is, be it mobilizing tens of millions to be out on the streets to stage a revolution or coordinating community defense, I don’t know but we inch closer and close to this scenario.

I’m going to bring this up with my local chapter. There needs to be a global response.

Am I completely out of line here? Am I being hysterical? Probably but I’m so certain of this happening and I feel like the nuclear scare should be at a fever pitch right now.

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[–] Emanuel@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

I think we should differentiate responsibility and guilt. We are not guilty, for we did not consent, or, more like, we we weren't given the chance to consent. I didn't choose to be born under capitalism. I was not informed of the way life is to be produced and reproduced under this system. I was, however, taught many things that, tinged with varied degrees of truth, were articulated in such a way as to make me a productive member of society, whatever that means.

This means, as I see it, that the consent we give to the current system is, at best, very distorted. However, by studying the material reality of things, of capitalism and labor, we come to understand the machinations of our world. And therein lies our responsibility: by understanding, we come to know what must change, and thus must better ourselves in order to make that a reality.

I think that guilt is not a productive lens under which operate revolution. Metaphysics don't enter into material analysis, by definition, so, if we intend to change reality, we must rid ourselves of guilt, as it works mostly as non-materialist impediment to see the path ahead.

I know what it is like to feel guilty for seeing all that is wrong in the world and not doing anything and going on with life. But in our responsibility is also the duty to understand what we can do, and doing it. I personally can't save the world, but I can do something. Knowing that is my responsibility. And it is better than wallow in misery and guilt about not doing everything.

This is something very personal to me, as I struggled with perfectionism my whole life. But the solution, I found, and cliché as it might sound, is by starting somewhere. Almost nothing is infinitely greater than nothing.

Sorry if that wasn't very clear, today was a very hard day at work and I'm not very clear headed. But I hope it was an answer to your question, rambly as it was.