Get Out of the Way of Progress

Capitalism is a crisis and the cancer is late stage. The more time we spend arguing about the perfect path, the less time we spend walking the imperfect one. After all, no matter how perfectly you plan, nothing will ever go precisely the way you want or expect it. You’re gonna trip, you’re gonna fall, you’re gonna learn hard lessons that demand humility and swallowed pride. You’re gonna find yourself at the proverbial table with people you don’t personally like, that you don’t completely agree with, but you’ll endeavor to fight and build with them anyway. Because we have to. The silo landscape of that issue vs. this issue vs. that one over there conforms to the divide and conquer strategy of the system we all seek to change.

Real solidarity doesn’t just mean showing up and doing the work – it also means not standing in the way of other progressive efforts. And that includes systemic stop-gap measures.

An excerpt from my article Mind the Stop-Gap. Read the full piece on Art Killing Apathy