Damus
Matt Finlay · 4d
It's not about victimhood. The system is used to break people. They count on most not being strong enough to endure being incarcerated, having family and supporters attacked, and financially ruining o...
@IsabelSydow Queen of Shrimps (but u can call me Dan.) profile picture
I've had the state hit me on the head with the butt of a riffle & arrest me when I was no older than a teen for protesting. We were thousands of teachers who had gone unpaid for months and months.
Scary, but I've been even more afraid and in worse circumstances before & after.

Truth:
Our futures are not guaranteed.
A flipping volcano can erupt, an earthquake can bury me alive, a tsunami can drown me.
Our breathing is not guaranteed.

Live cautiously.
YES.
Live even... fearfully, as to grow the navigation senses & skills so we can become both: shrew as snakes & innocent as doves.
but
LIVE... without letting THEM run your show.

Be ungovernable.

(Self portrait. That's me down there)
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Troy · 4d
Wow! I'm feeling the intensity of the experience you have described. I'm glad you're here! Well, I was glad before, and even moreso now. You certainly have some power!