• GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Sorry for the naivety. But there is an essence of empathy and compassion in us all that is being stamped out by reactionary propaganda.

    I get that feel. I get it deep in my bones. Humans are inherently cooperative. I believe that on like an anthropological scale, it is a fact of homo sapiens, it's part of who we are and will always be. Sometimes I think about that and I think about the massive network of bullshit that the reactionaries need to undo that genetic programming we have. And honestly? It gives me a shred of hope. If you have to work this hard to make people hate then it actually is a powerful argument about love and how inherent that is. Like, racism is generational. If you have to pass down your racist bullshit and corrupt your own kids its actually proof that otherwise they'd be decent people absent your fuckery.