A special hell awaits grifters for whom "intersectionality" means "if I can count more oppressions than you, I am entitled to be an asshole to you and you have to pay me/submit to me"

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Revolutionary ethics, for me, means: if something is of value, YOU SUPPORT IT with money or volunteer labor, AND with good will, or else it will disappear. "No material support, only critique" is the "no take, only throw" of subcultures - the mark of an infantilized and nihilistic worldview

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The point here is not so much "lol Woke 1.0 still lives", but that people *tried* to do something good, and not only did their community not help it survive in original format, they actively tried to destroy it for trying to adapt. This is what a politics of irresponsibility looks like.

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This is the problem with radical politics which aren't grounded in material self-activity. It's too easy to say "this is a great thing for *someone else* to do", then punish that someone else for not doing it right. @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com calls this "the Social Justice Game".

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Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls.

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