oldhead advice from an oldhead.
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
Jan 8, 2026 07:32this system is fucking atrocious, it's actually a bunch of interconnected systems of power and it took 600 years for these people to get this entrenched and powerful
and that's with constant opposition in one form or another
it's a generational struggle you just need to stay plugged in and work
the way you stay plugged in to movement work is by working constantly on community
learning how to BE IN community is an individual skill
actively working on your own accountability
deprogramming the white supremacy, ego, misogyny you bring to the work
it takes practice and you'll make mistakes
