It’s typical of cishet WASP men (though a lot of WASPs in general) who are isolated from the violence caused by the system. They cannot imagine a world where they are on the receiving end of police brutality or an Amerikkkan military attack. They never have to watch what they say or think about where they go. Everyone actually affected by politics becomes an abstraction or hypothetical.
tl;dr–
(although it’s not really tl;dr because leftist memes lol)
The important thing is to continue the thought. Yeah in an individual level most of us don’t matter but that should be freeing, not something we allow to damn us to a life unfulfilled.
In a year nobody is gonna remember you skipped the meeting to go skiing. But you’ll remember the feeling. Live your life, and remember not to overestimate your effect on and obligation to the world around you.
I think it’s better to have political agency rather than let demons dictate everything. You can Live, Laugh, Love all you like, but don’t use that as a basis for thinly veiled nihilism.
I see it more as knowing what I have control over, and accepting that, and using it to my advantage. I understand your view as well though, agree to disagree?
Sure thing, but I think I can see where you’re coming from when you put it like that. I guess we’re all trying to make the best of a bad situation in our own ways. I still don’t completely agree with you, but I get it.
“Grow up and accept that you don’t don’t matter.” Seems to be a concerningly common mantra these days.
It’s typical of cishet WASP men (though a lot of WASPs in general) who are isolated from the violence caused by the system. They cannot imagine a world where they are on the receiving end of police brutality or an Amerikkkan military attack. They never have to watch what they say or think about where they go. Everyone actually affected by politics becomes an abstraction or hypothetical.
tl;dr–
(although it’s not really tl;dr because leftist memes lol)
The important thing is to continue the thought. Yeah in an individual level most of us don’t matter but that should be freeing, not something we allow to damn us to a life unfulfilled.
In a year nobody is gonna remember you skipped the meeting to go skiing. But you’ll remember the feeling. Live your life, and remember not to overestimate your effect on and obligation to the world around you.
I think it’s better to have political agency rather than let demons dictate everything. You can Live, Laugh, Love all you like, but don’t use that as a basis for thinly veiled nihilism.
Depressing and disempowering, is how I’d put that. Not freeing. Accepting the cage isn’t freedom to me.
I see it more as knowing what I have control over, and accepting that, and using it to my advantage. I understand your view as well though, agree to disagree?
Sure thing, but I think I can see where you’re coming from when you put it like that. I guess we’re all trying to make the best of a bad situation in our own ways. I still don’t completely agree with you, but I get it.
shit i don’t even have control over my own body and barely control what i eat
That’s not too far removed from “no lives matter.”
I’m not sure that’s a road we really want to be headed down, even if we appear to be a good ways down that road already.