Yes, everything is #politics, everything is #political. Trying to avoid politics does not make you safe.
Being #politically aware, well-informed, and consistently active are our only hope for our individual and collective safety.
Choosing to disengage is cowardly surrender, and does exactly what the oppressors want, making you another one of their tools.
It's ok to rest and recharge, it's not ok to put the full burden on others; that's complicity.
@ricardoharvin I think a strategy of guilt tripping people who aren't politically engaged is a strategy that is doomed to failure.
A much better strategy is to learn why people are disengaged, put forward solutions to the things that cause them to become disengaged and encourage engagement.
@ricardoharvin I have been involved in activism of various sorts (labour, social justice, election campaign volunteer of various sorts) for getting close to half a century now. Some years I do more than others.
Putting forward milquetoast liberal solutions that don't impact people's lives very much doesn't motivate people. Neither does "fear of the bad guys". Putting forward more radical proposals for transformative change does.
@ricardoharvin That, and I'm feeling pretty good this week. We just elected a new left-oriented mayor here in Canada's largest city after having right-wing mayors for the last 12 years.
The right talked taxes and crime. On the left we spoke to people's number one issue, namely the need for affordable housing in a city with one of the biggest housing bubbles on the planet.
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