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Anarchism and Social Ecology

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Social Ecology, developed from green anarchism, is the idea that our ecological problems have their ultimate roots in our social problems. This is because the domination of nature and our ecology by humanity has its ultimate roots in the domination humanity by humans. Therefore, the solutions to our ecological problems are found by addressing our social and ecological problems simultaneously.

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Responding is to give your attention to that which is being reacted upon. If you respond to JK Rowling, you give them attention. If you respond to AI, you give it attention. We expand their relevance, and forces people to take note regardless of whether they were or were not interested. You turn the conversation towards them, to their dreams. Make people fantasize about these dreams regardless of any ones stances.

It is not to say that we shouldn't respond to them, but to understand that our responses are upholding them to some extent.

So what do we do then? To not critique would be to let their ideas grow without resistance.

The idea here is not to completely stop the criticism. It is to be aware of the critique, but have a greater focus on the question:

what do we want ❓

This is particularily the responsibility of those who has become alienated by the machine. Sees how the machine is poisoning the heavens, overproducing, mass manipulation, atomization, deathening wilderness, acidifying oceans, draining freshwater, genocides people. Who sees that we are undermining the foundation of community of humanity and species.

Dreamers can't just paint the dystopic world we live in, how crazy their worldview is, and stories of dangerous futures. They also need to be a little crazy themselves. Dreamers need to paint a reality that they want to live in, regardless of how flawed the brushstrokes are.

Responders need to react to these dreamers. Those who dare to paint the future vividly and meaningfully. Our reaction waters them and gives their relevance growth.

Our reaction is a tool for change because it makes the ideas of the dreamer relevant. Our reaction is a tool to drag our dreams into reality.

But this force of responding is only as strong as we are openly making them relevant. Our responses needs to be luminated to our communities to turn them relevant. The relevancy makes the ideas into waves that travels throughout society. Our ability to start waves, ability to enter a wave. Our ability to plant seeds.

Be aware of what you react to.

reaction is a force of change 🌱

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[–] vegafjord@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

Bloom change force right there 🤗 🌸