We can dream the world we want, and then we have to drag it into reality.
Amen to that
If it were easy we would have done it already. Calling it easy is demoralizing and ultimately defeatist.
Building a grassroots movement is hard. It’s hard work and takes a long time. Look at the history of gay marriage and how long the fight for equal marriage rights has been going on.
Check out this episode of This American Life. There’s a whole story about one small piece of the fight: simply talking to neighbours who might not have even met a gay person before.
Wrong, not just as easily. The way we do things is mostly influenced by our emotions and urges. The orange toddler isn’t an asshole because he chose to be that way, he’s an asshole because of his neurology and life experiences.
Animals are aggressive and selfish, with certain exceptions. We will not easily change that. Sure, we could build a different world, but only if we can cast off our base urges first.
Read mutual aid, a factor in evolution
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution
Thank you all for coming to this TED talk on biological determinism.
Animals are also regularly altruistic, what’s your point? Providing people with life experiences that lead them to be able to contribute to better social structures is part of the project.
