@GreenandBlack going off of my dad's attitude, by viewing it like a spectator sport
srsly he's like fairly lefty in his principles but he doesn't actually care enough to do anything, it's the most frustrating thing
@lambdagrrl @GreenandBlack honestly you can reach a point where you care so much that you just burn out and flip around to a cynical "we're fucked, so why not just laugh" point
@CornishRepublicanArmy @GreenandBlack maybe. I dunno, I think that requires a certain amount of callousness that I don't have
@lambdagrrl @GreenandBlack but that's the thing right, none of that just comes from some magical nowhere of badness, they become that way becauswe of how dark and cynical things really get when hope is beaten down on over and over. I've been in that position, and come back to caring, when in that cynical state it's not really wanting others to suffer but seeing just the absurdity in trying to care when you know just how draining it is vs a detached irony
@CornishRepublicanArmy @GreenandBlack yeah, I mean I can see how apathy can be a defence mechanism, but also I am too close to people directly affected by a lot of these issues to be particularly detached
like, we're talking about my dad here. he's straight, cis, able and has plenty of savings; I am none of those things. his is a detachment that is not currently accessible to me.
@CornishRepublicanArmy @GreenandBlack This is why one of the most important revolutionary tools (imho) is internal propaganda: things by-and-for radicals that provide hope that a better world is achievable.
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Oh for sure I feel you, I'm a poor gay trans woman, I'm not on top of a mountain of privilege either. Mostly, I think it just kinda sucks people burn out so much, and so easy, than become impassioned by it but it kinda is what it is : /