mekka okereke :verified:
Black joy isn't just us having fun. It's a literal weapon of survival. Seriously!
It sucks that Black people are so good at surviving fascist Americans that wish us harm. But we are. We're kind of the world's leading experts on this.🤷🏿♂️
I see lots of folks talking about how to prepare for what's coming. I'm not saying those preparations are bad, but a lot of it is US-style rugged individualism.
My advice: Find your community. Strengthen those bonds. And find your sources of joy!
myrmepropagandist
Oh so that's why mom is planning this whole party for thanksgiving.
Tim Chambers
@mekkaokereke Good advice.
Court Cantrell won't conform
@mekkaokereke Thank you, Mekka. I needed to hear that. 💙
Stefan Bohacek
@mekkaokereke I know it's really hard to be hopeful right now. It takes a lot of effort.
But hope is contagious. See if you can call up just one friend, or just text them, ask how they're holding up. Let them know you're there if they need you. They'll do the same for people in their lives. It'll spread.
Stefan Bohacek
@mekkaokereke This can not be stressed enough. I've been reaching out to old friends and former colleagues over the past few days, and it seriously helped, both me and the people I spoke with.
No mater what happens next, we have to remember we're not alone in this.
Ericka Simone
@stefan @mekkaokereke feeling very alone. Not feeling. I am. This is the reality for me.
Stefan Bohacek
@ErickaSimone @mekkaokereke I genuinely wish I could say something useful that's not just a platitude.
And I don't sense that you're asking for advice, so let me just say, and I'm sure you've heard it from others on here, but I'm always here, happy to help in whatever little ways I can. ❤️
🤖 Lazaro el dog
🎯
Also, if you can, open the door for other people looking for community.
Community
is the key.
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
@mekkaokereke Comforting words, thank you
Ari "Two Elements" Jackson
@mekkaokereke THANK YOU. A lot of people I'm talking to and hugging are reminding me to just be out and joyful. To create community, find connection, and not be afraid. Because the haters want us to be afraid. Not gonna comply.
Urban Hermit
@mekkaokereke
Remember the Epicureans (the philosophers during the fall of Rome):
Good food, with pleasant company.
Make love with great friends.
Enjoy your garden. Wall off and tend your source of happiness and independence (hobbies, especially low cost sustainable ones).
Travel if you can afford it. Be open to new opportunities or relationships, even ones that might involve relocating.
TinDrum
@clive @mekkaokereke Tocqueville understood in the 1800s that rugged individualism was a threat to democracy
Clive Thompson
yeah this is truly superb advice
finding sources of joy and knitting together/serving one's community are a hell of a lot more resilient than individualist prepper stuff
Ludwig Vielfrass
@mekkaokereke I'm convinced at this point that "rugged individualism = liberty" as sold no better than in the United States is a deliberate strategy to keep people isolated so they can't unite or work together. Sad to say that I fell for it myself for far too long. I'm trying to learn better!
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