"Our institutions are not invincible. Do not make the mistake of thinking they are, that they will just protect themselves without you. They fall without people to defend them.
"Because here's the reality: convictions are always transactional. You always pay with blood. The only real question is whether you bleed for your own convictions, or you wait too long and bleed out for those of the tyrant's."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfmViBWBXgE
#TyrannyIsARust
"I do not, in the end, fight fascists because I will win. I fight fascists because they are fascists."
— Chris Hedges, in his excellent essay: "The Cost of Resistance"
Text:
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/17/chris-hedges-the-cost-of-resistance-2/
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpt28mQQRIw
"When the cofounder of Hamas was 9 years old, his uncle was massacred by Israeli soldiers in the Khan Yunis massacre, along with 274 other unarmed Palestinians. He was shot in house-to-house searches. Others were lined up and executed. How many Hamas' are being created today."
A tech founder puts his career on the line by speaking the obvious. #Israel is committing #genocide
https://blog.paulbiggar.com/i-cant-sleep/ #Gaza
Found on /r/LateStageCapitalism
"Our institutions are not invincible. Do not make the mistake of thinking they are, that they will just protect themselves without you. They fall without people to defend them.
"Because here's the reality: convictions are always transactional. You always pay with blood. The only real question is whether you bleed for your own convictions, or you wait too long and bleed out for those of the tyrant's."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfmViBWBXgE
#TyrannyIsARust
"I do not, in the end, fight fascists because I will win. I fight fascists because they are fascists."
— Chris Hedges, in his excellent essay: "The Cost of Resistance"
Text:
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/17/chris-hedges-the-cost-of-resistance-2/
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpt28mQQRIw
"When the cofounder of Hamas was 9 years old, his uncle was massacred by Israeli soldiers in the Khan Yunis massacre, along with 274 other unarmed Palestinians. He was shot in house-to-house searches. Others were lined up and executed. How many Hamas' are being created today."
A tech founder puts his career on the line by speaking the obvious. #Israel is committing #genocide
https://blog.paulbiggar.com/i-cant-sleep/ #Gaza
Found on /r/LateStageCapitalism
Daniel Quinn