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Idk if this is OC or not but goddamn it's on point and extremely relevant. Sometimes people forget the only reason the West can just get lost in consumerism and hedonism is because of the stolen resources and subjugation of people around the world. ๐ฅฒ
A fuck ton of us are paycheck to paycheck looking for any outlet to soothe our broken minds and bodies. I really hate this generalist talk about the us right now when so many of us are prisoners, glorified indentured servants. I literally don't know how I'm going to feed myself for a couple of weeks right now. I fear ice just because I'm brown, especially here in the south.
I had no say in this, I voted, I've protested, I've tried changing minds. Keep in mind that a large portion of us are the same.
White USAmericans are settlers and part of bourgeois society designed to exploit the rest of the world for their comfort and every time leftists try to organize them, they end up siding with imperial interests and taking the bribe instead of standing with people of color and the internal colonies. This message is for them and they need to hear it.
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Agreed
If it doesn't apply to you it isn't talking about you. It's about the "if Trump weren't here we'd be in brunch" kinda people.
This. Also relaxation, distraction and "hedonism" to a certain extent are necessary for people to resist at all. You cannot resist if you are completely burnt out from working, organizing and stressing about the current situation. After all we are human and our needs don't always follow moral boundaries.