Solidarity between catastrophic singularity and disastrous individualism — Against Catastrophe
Leil Zahra Mortadaagainstcatastrophe.net
Solidarity between catastrophic singularity and disastrous individualism — Against Catastrophe
Overcoming alienation and isolation or their causes is a political goal for the rest of us.
We’re all going to travel the same shocks and slides; the question is how do we experience it and who gets to decide how it lands. That’s the contest. Credit: Developed by Movement Generation with Our Power Campaign; Updated May 2017 When folks say, “Catastrophe is inevitable,” I think: well, yeah, but change is also inevitable; transition is inevi
... See moreWhen we collectively devolve, simply using our ambition and cleverness to live as successful lions, in that same downward spiral we fall
Solnit suggests that the real disaster is everyday life, which alienates us from each other and from the protective impulse that we harbor.
Cause we are species. On a species level, I can feel there’s not a story for our survival in the cards and in ourselves right now.