Man I want to pump my fist and say “hell yeah” but it has been a fight for a fucking decade and I just do not see the path forward right now. Right now it feels fucking hopeless and I know that will change but vague notions of unity and fighting back do not carry any water for me right now.

Some of us have put years of work into things that just evaporated two days ago with the stroke of a pen. I’ve been stun grenade-d by the police, been physically grabbed by MAGAts while trying to film interviews as a member of the press, called a race traitor and threatened by neo nazis, been doxxed twice, had my kids threatened, and I’m fucking exhausted. So unless you have something very specific and actionable right this fucking second I can do with minimal effort I just can’t give you any of my mental bandwidth or energy or optimism. I know it will come back, but today? I’m out of spoons.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

with minimal effort

no, none of my action items are minimum effort, sorry. Defending democracy will never be a low strain activity. I'm organizing unions in my workplace by following the disruptive and worker-led Minnesota Model of organizing. We workers make the world go round. As the US labor movement gears up for a genuine general strike in 2028 (yes, we're following through with Fain's call to action), we need unions of all stripes to form. Labor unions, tenant unions, debtor unions, etc. Then after forming, we need unprecedented inter-union cooperation. It's ok to be tired and burnt out. Let yourself recover, and then continue the good fight.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So, to me it's the shield over the sword.

You can do so much more good protecting, sharing resources, building community programs, etc. If they burn the country down to ash, well your oasis might survive.

Then for aggressive stuff, non-compliance would be way more effective. Think simple sabotage manual, a bit of sand really grinds up the gears of fascism.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Too many words, too much to ponder, too few spoons. I appreciate it but I’ll have to circle back on this lol

[–] humancrayon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I appreciate you.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Thank you. I’m not trying to make it about me truly, I’m just so fucking tired

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it sounds like you have put in a significant amount of good work

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Feels all pretty pointless now so thank you, truly. I’m “down but not out” sure, but man am I down right now.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel you. Ive been way sadder this week than I thought Id be.

Im sure you know, but its ok to take a long break, not read the news at all and just turn your brain off for as long as you need to sometimes

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a lot of queer folks depending on me right now. It’s hard to truly step back. But no one said it’d be easy

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

right.. well hang in there. i admire you for what its worth

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Appreciate it truly. Not a lot to admire there are a lot of other people doing a lot more than I am, but I am proud of what I do!