How do I stop being a lib who feels powerlessness and pessimism about everything going on? Snap me out of this satanic spell!

Edit: maybe it’s just depression :what-the-hell:

  • Nakoichi [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Praxis. Join an org even if it's DSA, check out the organizing guides in c/labour and agitate among your coworkers, check if there's a Food Not Bombs chapter in your area, if there isn't try and start one.

    If it is depression it will help with that too, speaking from experience. It will help you focus on something and distract from invasive thoughts, it was a huge motivator for me to be less introverted and has had positive impact on my social life and general mental health, and there is no better feeling than making a positive impact on the material conditions of your community.

    • Cowboyitis69 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I agitate my coworkers all the time but we’ve all accepted the fact that unionizing is a dead end. I work at a massive grocery chain. They’ll do a mass layoff before any union forms at any store.

      I should get involved though. I just doubt myself and have been wavering on the effectiveness of anything. Whether it be activism, labor organizing, or electoralism. I know it’s not a total dead end and that it does make things slightly less awful for people, and I try to remind myself of that. Guess my problem is I can’t motivate myself to do much of anything. But that’s a lifelong problem of mine that I’m not sure I’m mentally capable of fixing.

      • Not_irony [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        unionizing doesn't have to start and end with forming a legal union and yelling at your boss. there are dozens of steps before that. start bringing in home made bread. every week. become the bread guy. start checking up on people every week. be the checking on peoples mental health guy. start a trivia team, invite everyone to join, and go, every week. you can, and have to, build the connective tissue of a union first. get to know people and their problems. introduce people so they can help each other.

        yelling at your boss is great. but it can start with sharing a costco membership, too. or whatever.

        edit: things are 100% gonna get worse before they get better. plant the seeds now. start looking for useful people. start being a useful person.