Remember: The Goal Is Always To Make Dissident Ideas Mainstream
By Caitlin Johnstone
July 04, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - It’s amazing how many people confuse egoic masturbation for revolutionary political activism.
We talk a lot about how you can discern the real intentions of a given politician, plutocrat or official by ignoring their words and watching their behavior, but this principle can be applied equally to everyone. And if you were to ignore the words of the people you see sharing dissident ideas in revolutionary-minded circles today and watch their behavior instead, you’d come away with the impression that most of them are actually interested in drama, conflict, social climbing, accolades, and scoring points on social media.
They want dominance and approval from their tribe, in the same way our evolutionary ancestors wanted dominance and approval in theirs. It’s the same primitive, hardwired impulse. The majority of the people who find themselves moving in circles that are dedicated to upheaving the status quo in some way are primarily motivated first and foremost by this impulse, no different from anyone else in any other clique.
Obviously, tickling one’s ego is not the real purpose of political activism.
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