You see it true. That’s one rung in the prison. The other is management of the time of the people. They make us waste time in meaningless, inefficient procedural limbo cyclically, and at every turn, miring us in ritualistic observations of “policies” and decorums.
Nice! This is an insightful reformulation of Goodhard’s law. Systems end up rewarding activity rather than outcomes even when not specifically designed to do so (like in the case of activists who are send on wild goose identity chase by their billionaire sponsors on purpose).
My thoughts, interpretation and advice to that burning question:
- Since this is Peter Joseph, the structural change we should be investing in would be Integral and the development of Proto-Nodes and Phase 0 and Phase 1-type structures, such as local deliberative forums and councils, collecting information on community needs/assets/skills that would be part of collective mutual aid and solidarity network that we will inevitably need to build to move out of late-stage capitalism
- The Integral project is a long-game, the short-game is pressure in any way possible to remove the Trump regime from power, ASAP. To me, building a resistance movement that understands HOW power works and how fascists fall from power is "building a system where the resolution of the problem is rewarded more than the persistence" of it. My hopes is that Standards, Not Force or Refuse Fascism or General Strike US or a combination of those efforts directly organize labor to do civil disobedience, document violations and demand accountability while being prepared to cripple the fascist state power to 'govern', take away the work force of imperialism: military, police, workers at war industrial complexes or transportation linked to oil, gas and militarism.
- And I think finding a balance between getting trusted news online, taking care of one's own family and mental health and solidarity-building within their community are valuable goals. I would recommend for most average people, do not use more than two social media accounts, the less the better. Spend less than 1 hour a day engaging on them. If you want more ethical alternatives check out Ethical.net for some ideas. Mastodon and PixelFed may be the way to engage with the actual audience that needs to see or benefit from that information in the future instead of the desperate attempt to get 'engagement' and 'growth' no matter what.
I'm not saying I figured this all out and do all this perfectly. I do not. I spend too much time on YouTube, but I do curate my subscriptions to a dozen or so trusted sources and I feel like I try to get better at communicating to my community and building institutions of solidarity and structure that can transition to a world beyond capitalism, each day, however small those steps may be.
I consider reading Peter Joseph substacks as required readings for the System Change Revolution Course we are going through.
Without long-term resolution and permanent problem-solving, all the awareness in activism is going to be little more than materialistic noise and cultural baggage.
Integral will enable us to truly think outside the box, while nobody's a bad actor simply because of what the system forces them to do for survival.
The only movement I see that does not appear to be existing to preserve itself in the Activist Industrial Complex but actually wants to solve problems and help people is Standards Not Force, led by a former Black Panther. https://formerblackpantherspeaks.substack.com/
Maybe signing up for General Strike US is also a good move, as they have the 3.5% Rule strategy for successful nonviolent resistance research behind them, building towards that goal with plans for solidifying demands at 6 million sign ups and strike date decided when they hit the 11 or 12 million target.
Will either of these movements scale in time? Who the Hell knows? Gen Strike has less than 500 K signed up. Standards Not Force just started like a few months ago and is over 2,000 Substack subscribers, over 45k YouTube subscribers, growing each day - plus SNF is actually on the ground with visibility, posters and Community Safety Zones in Minneapolis and plans for other major US cities. They have the plan, the structure and the vision to be successful.
what the activist industrial complex is doing in the modern ecosystem is actually preserving the problems it professes to want to eradicate. That is the system level outcome.
As usual Peter has hit a very important point. We simply must become smarter than we are, being careful not to outsmart our selves.
Thank you Peter for your work. Your work is like oxygen to me.
You see it true. That’s one rung in the prison. The other is management of the time of the people. They make us waste time in meaningless, inefficient procedural limbo cyclically, and at every turn, miring us in ritualistic observations of “policies” and decorums.
Nice! This is an insightful reformulation of Goodhard’s law. Systems end up rewarding activity rather than outcomes even when not specifically designed to do so (like in the case of activists who are send on wild goose identity chase by their billionaire sponsors on purpose).
"The question is whether sincerity can function effectively within a structure that rewards something else."
and has us all so desperately seeking relief from scarcity
So how can we "build systems where the resolution of problems is actually rewarded more than their persistence?"
You provide a very useful framing of an answerable question.
My thoughts, interpretation and advice to that burning question:
- Since this is Peter Joseph, the structural change we should be investing in would be Integral and the development of Proto-Nodes and Phase 0 and Phase 1-type structures, such as local deliberative forums and councils, collecting information on community needs/assets/skills that would be part of collective mutual aid and solidarity network that we will inevitably need to build to move out of late-stage capitalism
- The Integral project is a long-game, the short-game is pressure in any way possible to remove the Trump regime from power, ASAP. To me, building a resistance movement that understands HOW power works and how fascists fall from power is "building a system where the resolution of the problem is rewarded more than the persistence" of it. My hopes is that Standards, Not Force or Refuse Fascism or General Strike US or a combination of those efforts directly organize labor to do civil disobedience, document violations and demand accountability while being prepared to cripple the fascist state power to 'govern', take away the work force of imperialism: military, police, workers at war industrial complexes or transportation linked to oil, gas and militarism.
- And I think finding a balance between getting trusted news online, taking care of one's own family and mental health and solidarity-building within their community are valuable goals. I would recommend for most average people, do not use more than two social media accounts, the less the better. Spend less than 1 hour a day engaging on them. If you want more ethical alternatives check out Ethical.net for some ideas. Mastodon and PixelFed may be the way to engage with the actual audience that needs to see or benefit from that information in the future instead of the desperate attempt to get 'engagement' and 'growth' no matter what.
I'm not saying I figured this all out and do all this perfectly. I do not. I spend too much time on YouTube, but I do curate my subscriptions to a dozen or so trusted sources and I feel like I try to get better at communicating to my community and building institutions of solidarity and structure that can transition to a world beyond capitalism, each day, however small those steps may be.
I consider reading Peter Joseph substacks as required readings for the System Change Revolution Course we are going through.
i am too stupid for a person like you to answer me in ten years
Thank you Peter. I remain motivated.
Without long-term resolution and permanent problem-solving, all the awareness in activism is going to be little more than materialistic noise and cultural baggage.
Integral will enable us to truly think outside the box, while nobody's a bad actor simply because of what the system forces them to do for survival.
The only movement I see that does not appear to be existing to preserve itself in the Activist Industrial Complex but actually wants to solve problems and help people is Standards Not Force, led by a former Black Panther. https://formerblackpantherspeaks.substack.com/
Maybe signing up for General Strike US is also a good move, as they have the 3.5% Rule strategy for successful nonviolent resistance research behind them, building towards that goal with plans for solidifying demands at 6 million sign ups and strike date decided when they hit the 11 or 12 million target.
Will either of these movements scale in time? Who the Hell knows? Gen Strike has less than 500 K signed up. Standards Not Force just started like a few months ago and is over 2,000 Substack subscribers, over 45k YouTube subscribers, growing each day - plus SNF is actually on the ground with visibility, posters and Community Safety Zones in Minneapolis and plans for other major US cities. They have the plan, the structure and the vision to be successful.
there will not be any change without armed violent resistance.
would we make it thru, would there be something "left"?
game strategy in this case is accepting societal collapse as the main outcome.
control of hives is critical, drones panic easily.
--fairly enjoyable reminder-- thank you.
best wishes
So, modern technology and modern leisure time usage are against us? That's awful.
Also, the attention economy makes awareness less relevant?
Again a substack article that I have to let sink in.
what the activist industrial complex is doing in the modern ecosystem is actually preserving the problems it professes to want to eradicate. That is the system level outcome.