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hex
@Hex@kolektiva.social

There is no electoral path to end genocide. There is no electoral path to stop, or probably even to slow, climate change. The political system is utterly incapable of addressing any large scale problem, from COVID to microplastics, because benign governments cannot protect themselves against the financial sector and malignant ones are the financial sector.

This is not actually a problem, if we realize that governments have never existed to protect us but rather have always existed to keep us from protecting ourselves. They have never existed to facilitate coordination between people, but to control and limit it.

As Americans move closer to making the choice between a candidate who grudgingly supports genocide or a candidate who enthusiastically supports genocide, it's time to imagine what society would look like if we could actually shape it. What would your daily life look like? What would the world look like? What would be the priorities of humanity if we all got to choose together?

We have to work backwards from what we want to figure out how to make it happen. Fear is a powerful motivator for destructive actions, but it suppresses creative and constructive ones. Authoritarianism traps us in a fear spiral. We must dream to escape.

We have to start with hope to motivate us to build the world we want to see. Hope, a vision of something good, has always been the thing that moves humanity forward. Hope motivates creative action, resistance, and resilience.

hex
@Hex@kolektiva.social

Hope feels crazy right now, in the face of everything. But that frenetic energy, resisting against impossible odds, is exactly the thing we need.

Hegemony is about controlling what is normal and sounds sane. It's about controlling what is possible. It's about making you feel crazy for not fitting in. Ultimately it's about making everyone feel uncomfortable about themselves, and making everyone feel alone in that discomfort.

hex
@Hex@kolektiva.social

So there are two questions we should all be asking ourselves and eachother:
1) What kind of world do I want to exist?
2) What is the smallest achievable step I could take towards that?

As it turns out, humans are way smarter in groups than alone, so this is a group activity. In the lead up to the French Revolution, agitators used to put together dinners with wine. When everyone was a little buzzed, they would direct the conversation towards the monarchy. It turns out that people living under authoritarianism often feel alone in their discomfort (but in reality, rarely are).

So why not have a hope party? Get your friends together, take a break from the horror that is and talk for a bit about what could be. Humans have done really amazing things throughout history (regardless of the small group of people who want you to forget that).

Tell stories, think about what's possible, and then challenge and support eachother to take steps towards that vision.

Edit: make it a #SolarPunk themed party for extra credit. ;)