mekka okereke Nov 9, 2024

Black joy isn't just us having fun. It's a literal weapon of survival. Seriously!

It sucks that Black people are so good at surviving fascist Americans that wish us harm. But we are. We're kind of the world's leading experts on this.🤷🏿‍♂️

I see lots of folks talking about how to prepare for what's coming. I'm not saying those preparations are bad, but a lot of it is US-style rugged individualism.

My advice: Find your community. Strengthen those bonds. And find your sources of joy!

Show threadUrban Hermit

@mekkaokereke
Remember the Epicureans (the philosophers during the fall of Rome):

Good food, with pleasant company.

Make love with great friends.

Enjoy your garden. Wall off and tend your source of happiness and independence (hobbies, especially low cost sustainable ones).

Travel if you can afford it. Be open to new opportunities or relationships, even ones that might involve relocating.

Nov 10, 2024 at 12:12amWeb
Show threadGeeden_Of_ArdenNov 10, 2024
@Urban_Hermit @mekkaokereke There lifestyle included enslaved people, though they were supposedly compassionate, and pitied rather than punished them.
I like the model in Laozi. Of course, I can see how Pol Pot tried to make an agrarian economy.
That's why the path to any worthy system, I think, must be personal first, then collective.