Can we start a radical optimism thread? Because I need a #radical optimism thread. And I think you need a #radicaloptimism thread.
News. Quotes. Music. Thoughts. Whatever.
I'll start:
"You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time." --Angela Davis
If this gets any traction, please boost, especially the replies. You and I are not the only ones that need this right now.
When people ask me if I have any hobbies, I openly say that I like to use my Facebook to radicalize people who know me through use of leftist propaganda memes/agitprop, the visible joy on their faces is wonderful.
They're not angry, they're excited.
People are afraid to be radicalized, but they *want* to be radicalized.
People are afraid, and they're waiting for people like you to take the first steps toward change.
They don't know what to do, but they're looking to everyone else, looking for *someone* to take the first steps.
During my MA in International Relations, I was walking down the street with some US Republican classmates.
The street corners packed with people, and the streets were empty, but the light didn't say to go yet.
I said, "Look, it's my favorite part."
My classmates were confused and asked what I meant.
I said watch the people all looking at each other. No one wants to wait for the light, but no one wants to take the first step. In a moment, though, without a word, everyone is going to make a collective decision to break the law.
Sure enough, everyone paused, looked at each other, and as one they crossed the road.
It's a tiny bit of rebellion. Only barely worth considering as a crime, barely even breaking the rules. But that's what it was.
My Republican classmates thought I was nuts. They still do. I was nicknamed "The Dissenter."
But that moment is one of the most beautiful things you will ever see, because that is what the revolution will look like.
1. No one broke the law, because there is no such law in London.
2. Having lived here for nearly forty years, I'm calling bullshit. People often cross without waiting for the light, but not usually all at once.
3. If occasionally people do cross in unison, it's because it's just suddenly become safe to do so. This is not what the revolution will look like.
1. It doesn't matter
2. Fuck you
3. Fuck anyone coming onto a thread for people seeking radical optimism to be an asshat
@pozorvlak it absolutely had the intended effect with plenty of people. To focus on my mild mistake with regards to law is your problem because it really doesn't matter to the anecdote and doesn't change the meaning.
I think while an imperial monarchy still exists in the UK, I'm not going to cry a single crocodile tears for Brits who are annoyed that foreigners don't know everything about British law.
@revoluciana From the Specials last album Protest Songs (R.I.P Terry Hall) - a set of cover songs all with a revolutionary focus:
Fuck All The Perfect People
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvbm7_SUi9Q&feature=shared
Revoluciana
Semitones
Tashte
Piers Cawley
@pineywoozle βs #3WordNote
David Nice
Hilary
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Pozorvlak
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D's lack of faith in humanity
Matt Hodgkinson