Angelle
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Angelle
Authoritarians like Trump love fear, defeatism, surrender. Do not give them what they want | Rebecca Solnit
theguardian.com
Rebecca Solnit argues that authoritarians like Trump thrive on fear, defeatism, and surrender, urging readers to resist these tactics by bolstering love, trust, community, and resolve.
Takeaways:
Authoritarian leaders exploit fear and hopelessness to gain power.
Resisting authoritarianism requires cultivating community, care, and resolve.
Historical figures and events demonstrate the power of collective resistance.
The most anti-capitalist protest is to care for another and to care for yourself. To take on the historically feminized and therefore invisible practice of nursing, nurturing, caring.
To take seriously each other’s vulnerability and fragility and precarity, and to support it, honor it, empower it. To protect each other, to enact and practice
... See moreI refuse to live in a defensive posture. If the human community gets out of the precarious position we’ve put ourselves in, it will not be by succumbing to the same mind-patterns that got us here; by defending our little bean patches with our little bean sticks, stealing and hoarding territory, and worshipping those who horde the most resources,... See more
I refuse to submit to the spirit of fear
As we navigate this strange and anxious world, choosing joy becomes more than a personal act of resilience – it becomes a radical gesture of hope. In an era where cynicism so often masquerades as wisdom, the decision to remain constructive, to trust in human potential, is itself a quiet but powerful form of resistance.
318 / Fighting cynicism, choosing joy
Joy is a form of rebellion in a system that profits from fear