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starlooove · 1 year ago

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I can’t stand when ppl plan walkouts or strikes on a whim and then use ppl not doing them as an excuse to either say walkouts don’t work or ppl don’t practice what they preach 😭😭😭 like these things take YEARS of planning and rely on community first and foremost; if you don’t have finances or shelter or even basic emotional support in place for those you want to participate you need to take it back to the drawing board bc u don’t even got step one ready 💀

And to be clear this is no hate to anyone participating; hate to ppl mad about ppl who aren’t tho

#bc why are ppl saying they’re gonna strike September first of this year #and it’s a bunch of ppl in them comments going ‘if u don’t join us ur basically against us’#like no the ability to say that you can drop everything and protest NEXT MONTH is a privilege that the majority of ppl ur protesting for-#-cannot afford.#and listen I love strikes I’m very much of the idea everyone should quit everything today #but I’m also like. living in reality.#And the truth of the matter is that not everyone has the privilege to align themselves with their politics in such a drastic way #and the first thing you have to do when getting the gears of revolution in motion is to make sure ur community is TAKEN CARE OF #what’s the quote about the ppl making the bread? ykwim #I don’t need to hear what u think abt ppl not joining if ur not offering up ur own food and house to them #OH AND this is the problem with basing ur strike off the success of another without seeing the work involved #it reminds me of everyon idolizing the mothers strike without seeing the decades of planning and community aid that went with it #so when they tried the same and it flopped instead of ‘we were disorganized’ they got ‘strikes don’t work’#yall piss me off omg 💀#not everything is stonewall #that was on a whim and it WORKED #but there were also decades of PLANNED protests that contributed to where we are now #or we should be now considering recent fucking events #this entire thing where y’all think revolution will happen in a split second needs to go #the mindset that someone will let out a battle cry and rally everyone needs to go NOW #you need to be meticulous and careful when it comes to this shit #there are changes you could begin setting in motion that you might not even see the results of in ur lifetime #and that sucks to grapple with but it’s what you need to accept in order to move forward in a way that’s helpful #like fuck man #and it’d be one thing if it were teenagers yknow? like if it were mainly kids and teens who just fully realized how fucked up the world is #and they wanted to do something NOW and fumbled a bit #that’s one thing #but when it’s like. grown ass adults with platforms spreading these ideas and mindsets?#that’s a problem to me #YOU need to do better so THEY can do better

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