"How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven."

Jesucristo

"If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Jesus de Nazaret

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Yesterday’s megathread

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THEORY; it’s good for what ails you (all kinds of tendencies inside!) :RIchard-D-Wolff:

COMMUNITY CALENDAR - AN EXPERIMENT IN PROMOTING USER ORGANIZING EFFORTS

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Also today is the end of the Guatemalan Civil War

  • the_river_cass [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I'm so god damned mad. I'm so fucking angry. why is it so hard for so many leftists to just listen to their allies and hear the intent? fuck me, people have been getting hurt because of a misunderstanding so basic it blows me away. and rather than trying to solve the political problem, these organizers tried to paper over it by appeasing the letter of what was being asked for. and people. got. hurt.

    don't use "following PoC leadership" as an excuse to abdicate thought, careful analysis, and negotiation. it took 3 paragraphs back and forth to resolve, total. we'll avoid our past mistakes and now we have a common understanding of shared aims that will allow us to build capacity in the future. just use empathy!

    • the_river_cass [she/her]
      1·
      4 years ago

      you know what else I'm mad about? I've been sitting here for months fretting about how to build relationships with all these groups when apparently the answer the whole time was literally show up, say what people needed to hear, listen, and engage in a dialogue. they're so used to people ignoring them that someone who listens carefully and responds to what they say really fucking stands out. gdi, so much wasted energy worrying about how I don't know how to do this.

      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
        ·
        4 years ago

        jeopardy music playing

        show up, say what people needed to hear, listen, and engage in a dialogue

        what is human interaction?

        :sadness:

        • the_river_cass [she/her]
          1·
          4 years ago

          ok, I'm talking about a text thread. "show up" and "listen" were figurative.

          • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
            ·
            4 years ago

            point still stands tho

            alienation is a fuck, and if you can actually do those things youre doing better than the vast majority of folks ive ever interacted with

            edit: myself included. like, those are unironically relationship goals for me, because its basically impossible to find people to actually engage with

            • the_river_cass [she/her]
              1·
              4 years ago

              my mission in life is to kill alienation. I hate it with an unbridled passion.

              I also don't really know how to respond to the rest. I'm aware I have some skills that others don't but I'm always surprised by what they are.

                • the_river_cass [she/her]
                  1·
                  4 years ago

                  also, idk what you're talking about. you regularly make me laugh when I open up my notifications. just do that but also share a piece of yourself.

                  • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
                    ·
                    4 years ago

                    aww thanks :heart-sickle:

                    you seem to be taking it as such an easy thing to do, but thats not always the case for folks, like, i have to make a conscious effort to share part of who i am when interacting with people because that just isnt something that comes naturally to me.

                    • the_river_cass [she/her]
                      ·
                      4 years ago

                      it's never easy. it's scary and it leaves you vulnerable. but it's also the only way to beat alienation.

                      it took me a lot of practice. I used to be nothing but walls.

                        • the_river_cass [she/her]
                          ·
                          4 years ago

                          yea, it took me a lot of introspection to figure out why. every kind of trauma gets in the way and the walls will be there, thorns intact, until you've dealt with it one piece at a time.

                            • the_river_cass [she/her]
                              ·
                              4 years ago

                              yea, it was the same for me for a long time. only thing that changed it was learning which parts of the maze were safe and using the map I was building to piece together an understanding of why the rest wasn't. in the end, it took an acid trip and a literal face to face conversation with myself to break through the worst walls.

                • the_river_cass [she/her]
                  ·
                  4 years ago

                  offer real connection to all the people you care about. learn to tell the difference between superficial bonds and real, meaningful ones - try to build the latter with as many people as you can. work to turn your personal network into a real community. and abolish capitalism.