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I wish you luck with your health. The mental anguish getting inflicted right now... I don't know how we can move forward. I hope I can find a way to feel at all useful. Not seeing it, yet.
I recently read the book 'Dawn of Everything' which is a somewhat expose on some of the data about humans, human nature, and inequality discovered by anthropologists and archaeologists in the last 20 or so years thanks to modern technology, and while I'm weary of any "grand narratives" on human evolution like say 'Guns, Germs, and Steel', 'Sapiens', 'The Next/Last 100 Years' I find that the actual scientific evidence paints a much more optimistic view of humans and our politics without being shy about our wickedness. In short our so-called "development" isn't linear at all, and the limits to our societies is simply our imaginations. Human beings are destined for freedom and communion, the more our technology breaks social barriers the closer we move towards a global village. The difference is I don't think we've ever been closer to that, and that excites me. Consider this my thanks :)
Just to add, I think this is and always has been true. It was always what I found comforting. I used to be way more hopeful.
...It's just a question of whose imaginations get acted upon.
The acting part is important. They're all action and no theory, we're all theory and no action. I mean they stormed the capitol for god's sake. I want to start reading more on Fred Hampton, Angela Davis, Gil Scott Heron, back when the left still existed before being squashed by the police and FBI. Their torch needs to be carried now more than ever.