Some of us squander so many opportunities for good-faith discourse and education on here because we’re more concerned with looking smart for followers or going viral than appealing to the humanity of others.
Don’t be a “Leftist” absorbed by the neoliberal logic of this platform.
Don’t be a “Leftist” absorbed by the neoliberal logic of this platform.
Also, here’s a Wiki primer on groupthink:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
Some of us really, really need to read this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
Some of us really, really need to read this.
Anyone with a conscience should be using everything at their disposal – which includes social media and technology more broadly – for problem-solving right now, with the urgency of someone trapped in a burning building with everyone else on here and in need of an escape plan.
Instead, what we see on here (time and time again) – especially via “Left Twitter” – is virtue signaling, cult of personality, clash of personalities in pursuit of monetization or profit, judgement, pretentious moralizing, egotistical grandstanding, and more…
When is it enough?
When is it enough?
Imagine for a moment, if you will, that we’re all sitting at the dinner table as a family with the complex puzzle that is Capitalism (and domination more broadly) in front of us.
Wouldn’t it be more fulfilling for our family discussion to be around solving this puzzle? Together?
Wouldn’t it be more fulfilling for our family discussion to be around solving this puzzle? Together?
We all need to practice locally, but this can’t be done in isolation, and this must be a part of a broader program for systems change that accounts for global movement-building.
We can’t figure this out without each other.
Let’s make the best use of the time that we have left.
We can’t figure this out without each other.
Let’s make the best use of the time that we have left.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
