Harder to work directly with other people in the middle of a pandemic when you're immunocompromised, at least if you earn big on the stonks while bankrupting a hedge fund you should be using it to fund things that materially help others
Disclaimer that I do not have any stonks at all, but some of y'all don't seem to think it's possible to walk and chew gum at the same time
I mean, your post did make the assumption that everyone can go out and do face-to-face praxis and implied that doing stonks was mutually exclusive with other praxis
Many local mutual aid orgs will still take food donations, either food rescued from a grocery store (some you can call and ask if they are throwing out expired food, like bread, and they'll give it to you), food you cook yourself (most have a verification process for this, and a food-type req), or simply monetary donations. Outside of food, if you have spare clothes there are places that will distribute to the homeless in the area, or any plastic grocery bags can often be repurposed into blankets and pillows for the homeless (my aunt does this and I give her all my spares). There's a lot of creativity out there for how you can help without going face to face!
Alternatively you can agitate locally. Join your local Nextdoor and spread agitprop, put up flyers, do some more... direct action... if you live near a relevant location, etc. All of these are things you can do alone and without coming into contact with people! Be creative! Show care for your community!
This goes against the grain on this site where most everyone is obsessed with staying as anonymous as possible but spreading agitprop to your friends/family/local community on Facebook, and inviting them to public events (including protests, sit-ins), can actually increase turnout to these and grow the working class movement locally. A lot of my IRL comrades do this and I'm the weird one for not using Facebook.
This is a really fair take, however I would suggest seeing what kinds of safety measures your local orgs are taking! Personally I've found that I can make meals in my kitchen to donate and I can do so without coming into contact with anyone directly. Definitely check what you can do locally before writing off mutual aid :left-unity-3:
Harder to work directly with other people in the middle of a pandemic when you're immunocompromised, at least if you earn big on the stonks while bankrupting a hedge fund you should be using it to fund things that materially help others
Disclaimer that I do not have any stonks at all, but some of y'all don't seem to think it's possible to walk and chew gum at the same time
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I mean, your post did make the assumption that everyone can go out and do face-to-face praxis and implied that doing stonks was mutually exclusive with other praxis
Many local mutual aid orgs will still take food donations, either food rescued from a grocery store (some you can call and ask if they are throwing out expired food, like bread, and they'll give it to you), food you cook yourself (most have a verification process for this, and a food-type req), or simply monetary donations. Outside of food, if you have spare clothes there are places that will distribute to the homeless in the area, or any plastic grocery bags can often be repurposed into blankets and pillows for the homeless (my aunt does this and I give her all my spares). There's a lot of creativity out there for how you can help without going face to face!
Alternatively you can agitate locally. Join your local Nextdoor and spread agitprop, put up flyers, do some more... direct action... if you live near a relevant location, etc. All of these are things you can do alone and without coming into contact with people! Be creative! Show care for your community!
And part of my point is that nothing says you can't do that and do stonks at the same time, including/especially the monetary donations aspect
This goes against the grain on this site where most everyone is obsessed with staying as anonymous as possible but spreading agitprop to your friends/family/local community on Facebook, and inviting them to public events (including protests, sit-ins), can actually increase turnout to these and grow the working class movement locally. A lot of my IRL comrades do this and I'm the weird one for not using Facebook.
This is a really fair take, however I would suggest seeing what kinds of safety measures your local orgs are taking! Personally I've found that I can make meals in my kitchen to donate and I can do so without coming into contact with anyone directly. Definitely check what you can do locally before writing off mutual aid :left-unity-3: