The American Red Cross sounded the alarm Sunday over a severe blood shortage facing the U.S. as the number of donors dropped to the lowest levels in two decades. The Red Cross said in an anno…
You do realize that gritting our teeth and helping others through the intentional hostage situation of “but you gotta pay the shareholders first to be allowed to do it” is just further prolonging and further entrenching this sick system?
At some point, if the people don’t say enough, let it all come crashing down, and rebuild a more equitable system, then our children and our children’s children will be even more exploited, more commodified, and more dehumanized.
I’m being the change I want to see in the world by saying e-fucking-nough, you want to squeeze those sick people for their last nickel, do it yourself. My blood won’t be your leverage.
This greed disease can cause pain in perpetuity, generationally, or we can let it collapse and endure the pain of reconstruction. There’s gonna be a lot of pain, suffering, and unnecessary death either way. But only one has genuine hope in the long term. Nothing will make our current economy more equitable over time. It’s going the other way by design. It is working as intended.
At some point, if the people don’t say enough, let it all come crashing down, and rebuild a more equitable system
Who’s organizing this? Your withdrawal isn’t part of some collective movement, it is solitary and impotent. It is harmful. There’s no board room hosting the league of evil medical barons, no agenda item about how Allonzee stopped donating blood so they’d better start taking things seriously. You’re not changing anything, and squeezing sick people isn’t a necessary step in effecting change anyway.
There’s no “we” and there’s no collapsing. These systems persist despite your personal rebellion, because they’re really good at persisting until faced with overwhelming collective action. Until then, fucking help people.
Sorry friend, it’s not really about you. But a lot of good people who care about inequity have let their pride convince them that systems will implode if they personally choose to stop participating in them. That’s not how it works. The only people feeling any hurt are the innocents in your own communities.
You do realize that gritting our teeth and helping others through the intentional hostage situation of “but you gotta pay the shareholders first to be allowed to do it” is just further prolonging and further entrenching this sick system?
At some point, if the people don’t say enough, let it all come crashing down, and rebuild a more equitable system, then our children and our children’s children will be even more exploited, more commodified, and more dehumanized.
I’m being the change I want to see in the world by saying e-fucking-nough, you want to squeeze those sick people for their last nickel, do it yourself. My blood won’t be your leverage.
This greed disease can cause pain in perpetuity, generationally, or we can let it collapse and endure the pain of reconstruction. There’s gonna be a lot of pain, suffering, and unnecessary death either way. But only one has genuine hope in the long term. Nothing will make our current economy more equitable over time. It’s going the other way by design. It is working as intended.
Who’s organizing this? Your withdrawal isn’t part of some collective movement, it is solitary and impotent. It is harmful. There’s no board room hosting the league of evil medical barons, no agenda item about how Allonzee stopped donating blood so they’d better start taking things seriously. You’re not changing anything, and squeezing sick people isn’t a necessary step in effecting change anyway.
There’s no “we” and there’s no collapsing. These systems persist despite your personal rebellion, because they’re really good at persisting until faced with overwhelming collective action. Until then, fucking help people.
Sorry friend, it’s not really about you. But a lot of good people who care about inequity have let their pride convince them that systems will implode if they personally choose to stop participating in them. That’s not how it works. The only people feeling any hurt are the innocents in your own communities.