There's Something We've Been Conditioned To Do Over The Past Handful Of Centuries In The Face Of Right-leaning

There's something we've been conditioned to do over the past handful of centuries in the face of right-leaning powers (as well as in the face of abusers and oppressors in general), it's like... a FAWN response.

It's 'appease them'. 'Debate them'.

Sink more of your energy into their narrative.

Lick their boots.

We're conditioned that way because there are so many examples across capitalist societies that show us who our "leaders" favor...and who they DON'T:

~ Women and children who are jailed for fighting back against incidents of DV/SA... (sometimes, even just surviving an abuser and getting away from them is dangerous, lest the courts name you an accomplice in your abuser's crimes while you were still with them).

~ Protestors in the streets who are seeking justice who get beaten and arrested, while nazis in the streets get handshakes from police.

~ Try to protect the Atlanta forest, block a pipeline, protect the Earth, and you get shot. Evict people in droves, and you're just fine.

~ Help the homeless, and you're arrested (like those 'Food Not Bombs' people who they tried to charge $500 for feeding the hungry).

All across our society, power is set up to benefit and support the *worst* of humanity.

The statistics bear it out when we note that our institutions help abusers and oppressive entities both big and small to maintain power, control, and influence, rather than focusing on genuinely helping and allying with the victims that this system is designed to crush.

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PLN Positive Leftist News October 2024

@harnaamkaur and I are tired of your shitty gender roles. We shot this series for @theparallelmag to challenge what people are “allowed to do.” She has a beard due to a medical condition. She loves it and kills it! As for me, I just want to wear a skirt sometimes cuz I think it can look dope! The fact we socially relegate these fashion and styling attributes to certain genders just seems so frivolous and dangerous when you consider how aggressive people get when their confronted with these things that don’t fit into their understanding of how the world works. At the end of the day, just be yourself and love yourself and don’t judge others who are living that way. Think outside the parameters that we are lead to believe are absolute and see the world as it is! Much love to all of you! 📷: @sophieephotos 💄: @kateoffthewall 👔: @roxannechanelmurray

in order to not succumb to sex negative conservatism you have to accept that people will get off to things that are upsetting to you. and you cannot assume anything about what they have or have not experienced, what they do or do not believe, and how they act based solely on what gets them off. even if it's extremely confusing and disturbing to you. there are people who have only ever had heterosexual vanilla sex in missionary with the lights off, who actively contribute to more real world harm than your average fetish artist. kink is not a reliable source of information on someone's moral standing. it just feels good to think that way.

Capitalism is unsustainable.

:/