In any case, I really wasn’t trying to be a dick, but there’s no way to say it that doesn’t come off that way.
i think that this is true and i suspect that this is what’s fueling the liberal-leftist divide on lemmy
The more you know and see, the more you want to not know. But at the same time, hopefully, whatever drove you to learn in the first place ensures you can never look away and be passive
i wasn’t driven to learn, i was forced to learn due to my existence at the intersection of several vulnerable visible & unmistakable minorities within this hegemony and reading this makes me i wonder if that’s why my deprogramming is happening as such a slower rate compared to the other lemmings who started after me. on the bright side, however, it ensures that i’m incapable of backsliding and i will always be forced to see it whether i want to or not.
You’re in the right place for learning. If you want suggestions, we can recommend things to get a start on theory in relation to many topics. Doesn’t have to begin with old, difficult texts. Just ask, when you’re ready.
@cowbee has been instrumental for this and they’re created a reading list of audio books to help; but i’ve stumbled onto the black panthers and malcom x audio books and i’m starting there since they’re both very american like me.
i think that this is true and i suspect that this is what’s fueling the liberal-leftist divide on lemmy
i wasn’t driven to learn, i was forced to learn due to my existence at the intersection of several vulnerable visible & unmistakable minorities within this hegemony and reading this makes me i wonder if that’s why my deprogramming is happening as such a slower rate compared to the other lemmings who started after me. on the bright side, however, it ensures that i’m incapable of backsliding and i will always be forced to see it whether i want to or not.
You’re in the right place for learning. If you want suggestions, we can recommend things to get a start on theory in relation to many topics. Doesn’t have to begin with old, difficult texts. Just ask, when you’re ready.
@cowbee has been instrumental for this and they’re created a reading list of audio books to help; but i’ve stumbled onto the black panthers and malcom x audio books and i’m starting there since they’re both very american like me.
That’s where I’d have said to start lol.