chapotraphouse

13533 readers

946 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Gossip posts go in c/gossip. Don't post low-hanging fruit here after it gets removed from c/gossip

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

117

Where are all the free childcare programs? The American left does nothing but throw protests (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

65 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The Panthers did free before school breakfast and after school babysitting and all sorts of actual community building like that. The PSL does protests and craft events and that's it. I guess providing consistent services is an order of magnitude more difficult than organizing marches but it just doesn't seem like the marches are getting us anywhere.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

This is one of those radicalizing things I came across as a teen. I remember it went something like this:

"Charities are a good thing.."

"Why don't charities ever seem to solve problems?"

"Why do charities need to exist? Don't we pay taxes for this kind of thing?"

"Ohhhhh! They're pocketing the bulk of the money, and using the clout to get courtside seats at basketball games under the guise of 'awareness'?"

Even the most well meaning charity or mutual aid is still a band aid. Don't get me wrong, feeding, clothing and sheltering people is never bad. Grifting the families of cancer patients is. Looking at you, Susan Komen foundation

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It does capitalism’s reproduction for it, so they can increase profits. Sadly many anarchist want to provide for people’s needs without “imposing” ideology upon them, which is not going to help progress.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It helps those people have their needs met in the immediate term though, people still are dying of starvation and exposure in the US. Without a recognized ideology you will be less likely to be targeted by police or political groups, so I do see the reasoning behind separating aid and ideology. People that need food aren't trying to be lectured, I have relied on food banks in the past and if it was required I attended a lecture or something before getting help that would be some bullshit, but they could have pamphlets available like Food Not Bombs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Sure, but if you’re serious about being anti-capitalist maybe do something about it beyond temporary bandaids?