Most people want equality, justice, freedom and peace for all. I choose to believe that, at least.
Itâs a very difficult thing to just fight the entire state of the world, instead itâs a much more achievable (and realistic) thing to fight for what affects your immediate group. I donât see anything wrong with that.
The issue is turning around and attacking others trying to fight for what they fight for.
Intersectionality requires supporting each other.
The issue that:
Most people
Are not you, and that a large percentage of the ruling classes do not want:
equality, justice, freedom and peace
Otherwise inequality, injustice, slavery, and war wouldnât exist. So we, the just indigenous liberators for peace have to fight against them lest we live by their oppressions.
Except the entire state of the world is whatâs responsible for the problems of your immediate group. When you focus on your immediate group youâre not only merely treating a symptom, but youâre also suggesting your problems are somehow more important than another groupâs problems.
Whatâs worse is that people of a specific group will literally say their problems are more important, and then proceed to create a stereotype of another group to blame all those problems on. The struggle then moves away from real problems and then becomes all about defeating some sort of perceived enemy. A process which only achieves dividing us further.
A lot of the worldâs problems, both socially and economically, come from the same handful of sources that are continuing to thrive, unchecked, while we fight amongst ourselves. Remove those sources and you will have solved the lionâs share of the problems your group shares, as well as the problems other groups have.
I donât disagree you, the world at large has broken systems, either by design or neglect.
Now, although I also agree with that fighting only personal causes is treating a symptom and not the root cause, youâre hand waving the very real problem of motivation. People are tribal by nature, and will want to protect themselves and those around them.
As for removing that âhandful of sourcesâ at the top? Which sources are those, and how do you fix them?
Reading between the lines here, youâre essentially saying âsee these deeply entrenched systems that have been perpetuated for hundreds/thousands of years? Just remove them.â - Itâs not that simple by design.
Again, my point was that I do not fault people for putting their efforts into personal causes, not that this was the best way to solve the worldâs problems at large.