#mass movement

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“Totalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have. The second step is the notion: “Things must change — no matter how, Anything is better than what we have.” Totalitarian rulers organize this kind of mass sentiment, and by organizing it articulate it, and by articulating it make the people somehow love it. They were told before, thou shalt not kill; and they didn’t kill. Now they are told, thou shalt kill; and although they think it’s very difficult to kill, they do it because it’s now part of the code of behavior. They learn whom to kill and how to kill and how to do it together. This is the much talked about Gleichschaltung — the coordination process. You are coordinated not with the powers that be, but with your neighbor — coordinated with the majority. But instead of communicating with the other you are now glued to him. And you feel of course marvelous. Totalitarianism appeals to the very dangerous emotional needs of people who live in complete isolation and in fear of one another.”

– Hannah Arendt

[gayloronmain]

What if I just showed up at your party. Would you have me? Would you want me?

Broke my own heart and put it back together with this mass movement, comingoutlor Party 4 U edit 👇

Did you know that Taylor has an unreleased track titled “4 U”? Is it still locked inside the vault?

There are some very interesting parallels to this MV, with the theme of destroying a picture of yourself and being happy about it.

Lets take a look at the lyrics:

It would've been nice to see you coming But that would've ruined the surprise It would've been nice to have a picture-perfect world But, then, the truth would hurt my eyes It would've been good for you to be there And every time you always would Everything seems to have a picture perfect time And nothing seems to be a blur It's hard to see a picture drop before it hits the ground It's nice to know you're here and you're helping me down But you were always there when I needed You would always see me clearly And you were never looking for a thank you I'm saying one for you Would've been cool to never fall down But then I never would've seen The power isn't with the picture perfect person You told me better things to come from in between

Lyrical analysis:

The muse is helping Taylor's knock her perfect picture down, and that's something that Taylor is grateful for.

In other words, the muse is helping her come out of the closet.

[dk-thrive]

History is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone.

Cause-and-effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension. Sometimes one person inspires a movement, or her words do decades later, sometimes a few passionate people change the world; sometimes they start a mass movement and millions do; sometimes those millions are stirred by the same outrage or the same ideal, and change comes upon us like a change of weather. All that these transformations have in common is that they begin in the imagination, in hope.

― Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power (‎Canongate Books Ltd; January 1, 2005) (via Alive on All Channels)

[hate5sixofficial]

Jivebomb 2023-11-18 Mass Movement Tulsa, OK

[jungquote]

“During a collective manifestation of archetypes there is always a great danger of a mass movement, and a catastrophe can be avoided only if the effect of the archetype can be intercepted and assimilated by a sufficiently large majority of individuals. At the very least there must be a certain number of individuals who are still capable of making their influence felt.”

Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 10: Civilization in Transition.

[galaxy-notes]

My problem with the mass movement model isn’t with the idea that we want lots of people to participate. That’s not up for debate. But there’s this kind of arrogance vanguard parties historically approach revolutions with that involves imposing their own political strategies on communities that may already have their own forms of self-organization that are less legible to the state. I also don’t believe there is the single working class that this “mass” model implies. I don’t believe there has ever been one. At best, we can say there are many working classes, many relationships to economy, race, and gender—all of which form the bases for their own revolutionary struggles. And, as anarchists, we should see this as a good thing. We should never raise one single banner and force everyone behind it. We need to meet people where they’re at.

Neal Shirley, Dixie Be Damned, But Damn Everything Too

[thoreau-in-making]

Chile erupts against Neoliberalism. Three weeks of total opposition to capitalism and exploitation.

Viva la resistance

[earthstory]

Moss Gives Away the Secrets of the North Sea's Largest Landslide and Tsunami

About 8,000 years ago one of the world’s largest mass wasting events occurred in the chilly North Sea. A submarine landslide, known as the Storegga Slide, rattled the ocean off Norway, displacing 3300 cubic km of sediment over an area approximately the size of Scotland. It is not known what exactly triggered this slide but we do know that it generated a massive tsunami that flooded areas of northern Europe. Tsunami deposits in Norway and Scotland are found above structures from ancient civilizations, causing many to wonder what happened to the people living here. Were ancient communities severely impacted by the tsunami? Were lives lost? Homes destroyed?

The answer presumably lies in the time of year the tsunami occurred. The Mesolithic (“middle Stone Age”) people living here would have spent most of their summers in the highlands hunting for reindeer and most of their winters near the coast where it was slightly warmer. A tsunami that occurred in the winter would have been much more devastating than one occurring in summer when inhabitants were safe in the mountains.

To determine the season of this event, a recent study investigated one of the humblest of plants—moss. Many Storegga tsunami deposits contain a species of moss called Hylocomium splendens. This species has a unique growth pattern in which new segments branch off from growths that occurred the previous year. These specimens showed growth patterns typical of October-December maturity. Many were also still green—meaning that they were buried while alive.

What does the moss tell us? That this tsunami was probably a catastrophe. The growth patterns suggest the tsunami occurred in late autumn, at a time when the Mesolithic people would have been retreating from the mountains and settling in for winter. Therefore, the Storegga tsunami was both large and unfortunately timed, undoubtedly wreaking havoc on the lives of Europe’s ancient peoples.

-CM

For the original paper: http://bit.ly/15GnBNE Photo credit: British Geological Surveyhttp://bit.ly/1B6aDAC National Oceanography Centre http://bit.ly/15GnNfX