Civilization at a Crossroads: Feelings, Words, and a Power Grab
Our managers don’t mind our fighting with each other for the leftovers from their table.
This article was originally published on tessafightsrobots.com
Human feelings don’t matter
Unless bringing them up
Suits the invisible man.
Then it’s okay —
And even encouraged.
Human sickness
Is collateral damage
Unless transformed
Into selling points
For the invisible man.
Poisoned rivers, stolen soil, tarnished souls, broken spirits,
Talking points, talking points, talking points, talking points…
Nothing’s real—
Unless it’s marked for consumption
By the…
Expel the invisible man.
Expel the invisible man.
Expel the invisible man.
Subversion of dignity: A condemnation of propagandists
I see two things happening at the same time.
On the one hand, a lot of people, tired of invisibility and exhausted by the lockdown—regardless of their intellectual take on it—are liberating their intimate feelings spontaneously and powerfully, creating ritual spaces together with others to express a raw and urgent longing for truth, acceptance, and dignity. This coming together is beautiful.
On the other hand, individual opp…
