Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@xs4me2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>xs4me2</span></a></span></p><p>i remind myself of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spain</span></a> under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/franco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>franco</span></a> and look at spain today</p><p>doesn't mean spain is utopia today</p><p>doesn't mean "it's going to be ok, relax"</p><p>it means getting better is real</p><p>but:</p><p>1. we have a lot fucking work to do</p><p>2. there is a lot of fucking suffering ahead of us</p><p>3. do not accept <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pessimism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pessimism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cynicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cynicism</span></a> nor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitulation</span></a></p><p>as long as we *fight* we can right this rotten ship</p><p>biggest ally of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a>:</p><p>lazy indifference</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>americans</span></a>:</p><p>get off your fucking asses and fight</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>