They didn’t have the internet, social media or a hundred different ways of communicating with groups of like minded people back then. In the 1930s, the only people you talked to were the people you met in person.
Today we can talk, discuss, organize and vent with people all over the globe in real time. But it also means we are bombarded with too much information, disinformation, misinformation and complete nonsense.
It doesn’t mean it’s better or worse. It just means that it will be different. Whether that will be good or bad … I don’t know.
There’s a news article circulating that some Cincinnati citizens stopped their commute to take and burn a Nazi flag being waved around at a Nazi rally “demonstration” and effectively disbanded it while other Nazis cops were just standing by.
While the news and internet may try to push a narrative of hopelessness and inaction, there are acts of resistance being taken even if they’re not formally organized. Scraps of hope are still hope.
And the fact that we can communicate all that amongst ourselves means that we are all supporting one another against the far right.
The people in 1930s Germany fought a lonely fight because they thought they were the only ones. People, especially young people, today are more confident because they know there are allies everywhere in the world.
They didn’t have the internet, social media or a hundred different ways of communicating with groups of like minded people back then. In the 1930s, the only people you talked to were the people you met in person.
Today we can talk, discuss, organize and vent with people all over the globe in real time. But it also means we are bombarded with too much information, disinformation, misinformation and complete nonsense.
It doesn’t mean it’s better or worse. It just means that it will be different. Whether that will be good or bad … I don’t know.
BTW … that is an amazing image!
There’s a news article circulating that some Cincinnati citizens stopped their commute to take and burn a Nazi flag being waved around at a Nazi
rally“demonstration” and effectively disbanded it whileother Naziscops were just standing by.While the news and internet may try to push a narrative of hopelessness and inaction, there are acts of resistance being taken even if they’re not formally organized. Scraps of hope are still hope.
And the fact that we can communicate all that amongst ourselves means that we are all supporting one another against the far right.
The people in 1930s Germany fought a lonely fight because they thought they were the only ones. People, especially young people, today are more confident because they know there are allies everywhere in the world.
The problem is that the people we talk to are all over the globe. We can’t take any local action because we’re not local.