I’m on your side but…
I joined this group after the initial ban hoping to see some actual organizing and discussion of real things people are doing to combat fascism…instead, all I’ve seen is a bunch of conspiracy theories, in-fighting, and people so panicked and ill-informed they are actually becoming a danger to any sort of movement themselves.
I’m old now, by TikTok standard. And I’ve studied the rise and fall of many authoritarian regimes and societies since the early days of Europe (history minor in college). While many of you fear very real things, and much of it is coming to light now, so many of you seem to be running around like chickens with your head cut off screaming “the sky is falling.” Here’s what I know:
No one’s coming to save us. There’s no secret inner workings where one day we’ll wake up and find out Kamala had the military on her side and they arrested everyone.
Feeding whatever facts you THINK you know into chatbots and AI systems is not going to yield some secret answer that’s been hiding in plain sight. These systems are often wrong or are a combo of all the other information people have fed it (maliciously or not).
Picking on every minuscule thing people do that you don’t like will lead to further fracturing and zero progress for any sort of movement. A big example I’ve seen is “stop using AI you’re killing the environment!” - you shouldn’t be using it for “facts” for many reasons, but deciding the fight here is to rip fellow leftists a new one for not caring about the environment enough as the government is collapsing is infantile. Get a grip and see the bigger picture.
I don’t have all the answers, or any in fact. But I do know one thing: it takes ordinary people doing many ordinary things to make the extraordinary happen. Stop waiting for “someone else with a plan” to save you. Come up with your own things to do that help you spread your message and help your community. If you do it right, with a good heart, it will grow as a movement on its own merit.