Hope has always been what kept me projecting empathy onto abusive people and discerning good intentions from abusive behavior. I know how dangerous hope can be.
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Hope is not why I act, why I organize.
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Why then? Isn’t it futile? I have been active in climate activism for a decade because I have resolve. I was always going to die, even if climate change never came to pass. I get to decide how I use this life. &supporting movements that act directly on root causes of suffering
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Is to me a worthy use of my time.
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Resolve, not hope. Having he heart to act on your values, not hope. Knowing that your “way of life” is always precarious and finding safety in the community of others working to uproot suffering, not hope.
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Knowing that you have no control over the results of your action and doing it anyway
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Would be nice to inject some warrior ethos in the culture that isn't inextricably linked to state violence, yeah.