Charlie Kirk Deserved the Life He Callously Denied Others https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/charlie-kirk-deserved-life-he-callously-denied-others?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

Arkansas Faith Leaders Call for Systemic Solutions, Not More Executions https://sojo.net/articles/news/arkansas-faith-leaders-call-systemic-solutions-not-more-executions?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

I think activists who become popular often have a "dark path" choice to make.Care about stuff, maybe because it happens to you or people like you, or maybe just because you care about stuffCommunicate your caring in posts, podcasts, articles, book, speaking events, or whateverYour communication resonates with a lot of people so you do it moreNow you can't pay rent without money from your communication activism so all your communications include a plea for audience members to pay for your communicationsI am not saying #5 is bad (I contribute to a few). I'm saying this is a thing that happens, and it can potentially corrupt the activism. Just like literally anything else, when you get money for doing something there will always be motivation to do the thing primarily for the money.I think some of the "best" popular activists have managed to at least partially insulate the content of their communications from the money motive, somehow. I also think I've seen several people shift into something like "faith healer" or "quasi cult leader" mode because of the money.#vaguepost #activism #money #cycle #capitalism

Fascism is once again rising across the world, creeping in through surveillance capitalism, mass data harvesting, chat control laws, UK-style age verification, and endless new tools of digital censorship presented as safety.Freedoms vanish piece by piece through biometric borders, predictive policing, restrictions on protest, voter suppression, book bans, and the relentless spread of authoritarian policies disguised as order. What seemed impossible a decade ago is now routine.This is the face of modern authoritarianism. Fascism has adapted, hiding in legislation, bureaucracy, and technology. Its advance is quiet, normalized, and devastating, and every year it becomes harder to imagine turning back.#Fascism #Authoritarianism #UK #ChatControl #Activism #Protest #US #EU

What trickle-down economics is really like #anticapitalism #eattherich #feedthepoor #activism #socialism #communism #economics

Capitalism isn't freedom, it's captivity. #anticapitalism #eattherich #feedthepoor #wealthdistribution #survival #freedom #captivity #capitalistlies #activism #anarchism #socialism #communism #economy #economics