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   anarcholatina (ramonita@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 02:29:24 JST anarcholatina

   @mirahimage @whatanerd You should see my speeches some time :>

   (My model was the fiery, passionate way that Mexicans and Spaniards talk politics, seeing those after being exposed to the Germans was like finding water and then realising you were parched)

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     anarcholatina (ramonita@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 02:29:35 JST anarcholatina

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     @mirahimage @whatanerd I think the answer to your "why" question is that the whole thing is about penitence. The activist feels privilege guilt and subconsciously wants to do something miserable to recognise the suffering of the Lamb--I mean of the poors around the world. The talks never inspire the audience because it wasn't about inspiring, it was about expiation. The more monotone and grueling the speech, the more sin--I mean privilege the audience cleanses/acknowledges by listening. Now everybody has Done Something. I think we could probably fund a few projects if we introduced the concept of pews with kneelers for demo talks, maybe also add some call-response, the Confiteor...

     I recall this indigenous woman from Chiapas talking in Bonn once: "You are at the heart of the Empire here. We don't want your guilt, we don't want your help, we can fend off for ourselves. What we want is for you to attack."

     (If I am so mean to the Germans it's because I recognise myself too much in them, I too have tried too often to soothe my Weltschmerz with symbolic compensation, have marched too much and attacked too little. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.)