💾 Halfway through #EverythingForEveryone and Ch5 has way too much in common with the Handmaid's Tale.
Why is it that when Americans imagine a dystopia, the religion is always hypersexist, hyperwhite and hyperqueerphobic? Why is it never, say, only queerphobic but multicultural and respectful of women, but super anti-finance?
Are these authors afraid that if it's not a 1:1 condemnation of the CURRENT status quo, it won't become popular? What's the point of speculating then?
Reed: […] we were mad as hell, and we were all staring down the barrel of academia’s collapse. Like I said. Burning building. And a lot of us were like, "How do we save the baby from the burning building?"
Abdelhadi: Who's the baby in this metaphor?
Reed: Science. The collective knowledge of humanity. Not to be dramatic or anything. [Laughs.]
Excerpt from chapter 7: ANIYAH REED ON PACHA AND THE COMMUNIZATION OF SPACE
Interview recorded on October 30, 2068, at the Harlem Commune.
I've been told many a time in my life that my views/values are "extreme", or something along those lines. It's an ironic word to use. Actually, extreme is having a series of digits that don't really mean anything - other than the power we have socially constructed them to have - to control whether you eat, drink and have shelter. Extreme is continuing to destroy the planet through extractivism and exploitation so a few rich people can obtain even more money and power. Extreme is furthering the notion the Covid pandemic is over and forgoing any protective measures like masks when in fact we still very much are in a mass disabling event. Extreme is having enough resources on the planet for everyone to have everything but having a system where very few people hoard and monopolise the resources.
#AntiCapitalism #Anarchism #AbolishMoney #AbolishTheState #CovidIsNotOver #Pandemic #EverythingForEveryone
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