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1mnobodywhoareyou · 2 months ago

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I've had this rant locked and loaded for YEARS but have never figured out how to quite make it right for Instagram and this post has brought it back up for me, so here goes:

Solidarity needs to flow DOWNWARDS. Stop expecting people who are poorer than you to stand with you for YOUR causes. This is true of literally every marginalization.

If you make 65k (or jesus, 100k) and are frustrated at the people making 30k, 10k, 5k for not standing alongside you in your fight for higher wages, turn back and see what *they* need. Listen to *their* perspective.

I can almost guarantee (with few exceptions where the privilege DEPENDS on their oppression) that in uplifting the MOST MARGINALIZED, you will better your OWN experience.

We've *seen* what happens when we only focus on our own struggle and getting *our* next step up. Nothing changes and there are just new steps to climb (hello, white feminism etc).

If you want less "infighting" and more "solidarity," look back.

Listen.

We are not your enemy.

We are not the ones making us enemies.

If you want "class consciousness" and "workers solidarity," start with yourself.

#god this sounds harsh but seriously #this is something that continues to enrage me every single time the topic comes up #before it was twitter and “100k isn't actually that much”#and now it's this #i don't honestly even care if the convo is about people who make 30k #if there are people who are struggling and making less than you: LISTEN TO THEM #fight for their rights and needs #if the people making 100k or 65k or whatever put half as much energy into fighting for people with less as they do defending their salaries #imagine where we could be #(and yes obviously raise minimum wage or implement GLI or UBI or whatever but there will ALWAYS be someone left out #figure out who they are #fight for their inclusion)#nobody rants #class consciousness #class conflict #class war #solidarity #anti oppression #privilege #poverty #wealth #(and now at the risk of being dogpiled we bravely hit post and tell the anxiety to suck it)

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