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I’m finding it pretty much impossible to give a shit about anything web dev or tech related right now.
Today, I want to rant for a minute, and then offer some pragmatic advice.
Everything sucks
The world has been pretty bad for a while.
The juggernaut of environmental collapse. The flood of refugees into Europe (and their horrific treatment by the countries that colonized and destabilized their home countries). The assault on Ukraine. The genocide of Palestine. The civil war in Sudan.
And most recently, the fascist takeover of my country, the United States, and the rampant abuses committed by the ICE gestapo.
Why would I give a single fuck about the best way to render content with web components or the latest tech drama when Nazi bootlickers are literally kicking down doors without warrants and kidnapping my neighbors?
But under capitalism, it’s all “dance, monkey, dance.”
You’re expected to wake up every day, but on a fucking smile, and grind out more code widgets to keep capital flowing up so that crumbs can trickle down.
Ok, pitty party over. Let’s talk tactics.
Give a shit about people
One of the most anti-fascist things you can do is give a shit about people.
Like, truly, genuinely care.
Learn your neighbors names. Buy tents and sleeping bags for the unhoused. Start a little free pantry or community fridge. Buy groceries or deliver meals to people in your town who can’t drive. Shovel driveways.
Throw parties. Make boring infrastructure pretty with stickers or chalk or paint.
Fascism hates joy.
You can also buy and distribute whistles and generally be dirt in the cog whenever possible.
Help people. Attack systems.
This is a lesson straight from the Dungeon Crawler Carl book series.
First, recognize that you can’t save everyone, but you can fight like hell to help the people you can.
Second, understand that systems are the real enemy, and often shitty people are doing bad shit because shitty systems force or encourage them too.
That doesn’t mean you should go all kumbaya and hug it out with Nazis. But recognize that until you destroy the system, cutting off one head of the hydra just causes two more to grow.
And if you’re feeling strong, and even more so if you’re not, repeat Carl’s mantra…
You will not break me, fuck you all, I will break you.
Stay strong, friends! ✊
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This content originally appeared on Go Make Things and was authored by Go Make Things
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