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I think Standing Rock was the breaking point. Obama was president, and it was impossible to watch this struggle and not see that for him and the entirety of the capitalist class, accumulation and concentration of private capital was more important than anything sacred or even human life itself. It was the most appalling event I had ever (briefly) witnessed with my own eyes, and I saw so little that I’m embarrassed to even talk about it.
The experience broke a rationalist streak I didn’t even know I had. I learned (again, and hopefully for the last time) that your people, your ancestors, and the earth matter a lot. You don’t need to justify your values, because they can’t justify their’s either. They can’t refute what’s in your heart.
