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    1 month ago

    It’s impossible for me personally because roughly everyone I know falls into one of two camps

    1. they’re comfortable and their status quo isn’t challenged. They know where their next 9 meals are coming from, and aren’t at Risk of losing employment/residence/ability to feed themselves.

    2. living pay check to pay check, constant fear of not being able to make rent/bills/groceries.

    You can’t organize group 1 because they have something to lose and aren’t personally affected. You can’t organize group 2 because they don’t have time, and something like getting arrested at a protest could cost their job/residence/next meal, even when the charges are dropped.

    Maybe someone more intelligent and charismatic than me has a shot, but I don’t know how to tell group 1 to risk their safety and the safety of their families for others, or group 2 to risk homelessness, all relying on trust in others.