Yup, even the greenest, most progressive, and/or leftmost movements/activism have drank the rugged individualism kool aid.
“Focus your energy on reducing your own consumption and carbon footprint. Making your own voice heard, making sure you vote, and resist individually as the support stands in solidarity from afar if there at all.”
No we won’t organize to make sure our neighbors aren’t forced to be a functional scab to get food/shelter, we won’t organize at the community level to make sure everyone isn’t functionally dependent on federal government assistance, we won’t organize to make sure when jf we general strike that our neighbors aren’t forced to cross the picket line, we won’t organize or provide tangible alternatives to unethical consumption or oil dependent supply chains.
We’ll just circle jerk over who’s most ethical, moral, and virtuous…individually.
There are no real leaders on the left. No one to rally behind or give direction. Without that ANY movement is going to fail horribly because you end up with a ton of people all angry about different things with no clearly stated goals. That's why the biggest protest in US history was so easy to ignore.
A ton of people all shouting different things isn't a movement, it's a mob.
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u/flannelman37 Jul 28 '26
Violence isn't the problem, it's the lack of organization