Thread by @LelindePage

2017/02/23:
“Fight or die.”

Lately it has been the motto I fall back on whenever I feel like giving up.

I want more from my society. I don't want to live in one that bases legislation on fear of the other.

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I don't want a society that doesn't educate its members on how to critically think about an issue, use fact-based sources or how to coherently argue a position.

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I don't want to live in a society where I constantly have to explain why basic human rights like food, shelter and clean water should not be given a backseat so that a tiny percent of individuals can rake in more profits.

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I don't want to live in a society where people instinctively reject the notion that WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE SAY AFFECTS OTHER PEOPLE and that we should *care* about that.

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I want to live in a society that by nature is cooperative and not competitive, and I know it is possible.

I want to live in a society that values human life more than money, and I know it IS possible.

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I want to live in a society that designs its policies, infrastructures and other systems based on logic, facts, compassion, equity and equality. I KNOW it is possible.

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I refuse to give up when I know that there's a better way and that it is within reach. More people are currently standing up and demanding change than I've seen in my lifetime. It IS possible.

Fight or die.

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