#PettyPendergrass

because the political economy itself is predicated on exploitation, is predicated on extracting use value from another.

but what, in this political economy, is free from the *possibility* of such an exploitation? nothing is.

and so we fight for care, concern, compassion, love and forgiveness as an ethical force to remain with us while also fighting against +

it being utilized in the service of an exploitative political economy.

which brings me back to the beginning, to Heather Heyer.

we can honor the fact of her lost life while fighting against WSCP while also fighting against exploiting the loss as a resource object.

we do not need to cede care, concern, compassion, love, forgiveness in order to contend against the forces that *seek* our separation.

perhaps it might be worth it to consider these things, in addition to rage, sadness, fatigue, melancholy, as ways to think connection +