07-14-2025, 08:20 PM
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Nepenthe, post: 142663482, member: 1995 wrote:He suggests building things which is also what I've been suggesting for years now.
Nepenthe, post: 142667772, member: 1995 wrote:Well, when I refer to "building things," I don't just mean national infrastructure (although we need more of that) but social systems and organizations meant to educate and demonstrate to people about more humane ways of living. Kwane True said that "When King went somewhere, he did some speeches and left. When Malcolm went somewhere, he built a mosque."
Like, just the way the right organizes- by getting off their asses to create groups that are united by a single goal and go off to agitate for a cause- is something we should be emulating. And I don't want to hear the excuse about money. Black people organize but ain't ever had a lot of money.
Nepenthe, post: 142668867, member: 1995 wrote:That MAGA Mom group that was going around for awhile in the news crying about school curriculums was literally just a fucking Facebook group whose members started meeting in real life. That's it.
I'm not saying that there is inherently no overlap between the capitalist class and right wing groups. Of course there is. I'm saying that angry conservatives, just normal ass white folks, will show up to school board meetings. They go to the gun and hunting clubs. They go to bar. They go to each other's houses.
They touch grass.
People need to get off Era more, get off Bluesky more, get off TikTok more, and interact with people. Start a neighborhood pod. Go to mutual aid. Join an organization.
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