this has been a hugely glaring red light.. as i help move/listen to mom and take in the happenings in the world ..in total. we want to help people‌ but in our busy ness‌ (to get enough money to get through the day.. or to get through the day to get enough money.. or.. to measure the moneys to make sure there’s not risk.. and that nothing seems unfair..)
..
we end up
putting people on hold
we hold people in ..ie: an unfurnished apartment.. a prison to corral people fleeing their country.. an Ed system.. (xiu – having to finish college before can change the world).. too much bureaucracy.. busy ness.. while we spend our days talking/debating whether we should focus on: teaching or learning; leaving or remaining; this/that person/policy/price/whatever;..
to us this lag time is just part of societal norm. and we’re busy.. so it’s barely noticeable. to us.
but to the person in need of some kind of assistance (mostly because they don’t have the basis of our current, manmade operating system.. money.. and/or they have been stripped/oppressed/de-shelled.. in some way) ..
the minutes the hours the days the months the years .. blare/blind/oppress.. in ginormously small ways.. each second an e t e r n i t
y
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and too.. because it’s been modeled so beautifully/blindingly. the person on hold as well.. ends up putting the ginorm/small parts of themselves on hold.. ie: piano/mind and pool/body.. they themselves seem to be not a priority. even though that is the thing/therapy/need/medicine.. the lag time is keeping us from us.. because it’s keeping most of us down. [like it held Kalief down‌ et al]
we can’t wait until .. the lease is up or our busy work is done or retirement kicks in or the money balances out.. or a court of law makes some judgment or ad infinitum….. we can’t just keep waiting while so many are dying.. especially when we have the means.. now.. to try something diff.. for all of us.
ie: brexit ness.. and refugee ness and greek debt ness and‌ http://upliftconnect.com/post-brexit-community/
in addition, there is the ticking time bomb of the Greek debt crisis, there is a looming global financial meltdown and there is a refugee crisis, which has not been solved but just *sealed from our attention.
*sealed from our attention – putting people on hold ness
@uclg_cdc 6/28/16 4:22 AM The Connected City Summit has begun. Debate on City Leadership to face challenges of delivering connectivity is on! pic.twitter.com/CbbIpT9rWN so this conf and iste and everything… going on… while people w/o money.. put on hold.. _____________ @zeynep While shooting, Orlando gunman searched Facebook to see if he made waves & texted wife to see if he was in the news. pic.twitter.com/5clDevMpx2 [..] @GlennF Yeah. He went from bullied skinny kid to huge steroid-muscular guy. _____________ @ASE 6/28/16 4:30 AM #Brexit cost investors $2 trillion, the worst one day drop ever cnbc.com/2016/06/26/bre… ____________ RIP, Len Sassaman: cypherpunk and anonymity hacker #5yrsago https://t.co/uD0iHl40e6 https://t.co/v6ov2Dgr6s Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/750041890179936256 lost his battle w depression – while we kept his dreams.. for us … on hold.. We were reimagining our world, riddled with cryptosystems that would mathematically enforce the freedoms that we treasured. _______ How many people have killed themselves over student loan debt? https://t.co/JrajykeW6lOriginal Tweet:https://twitter. com/BryanAlexander/status/749617860675330048 ________ We know little about life in corporate-run prisons. I took a job as a guard to get inside. Then things got crazy.https://t.co/5fQzA7fS4f Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/shane_bauer/status/745956522409156608 ________ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36692613 A 19 year old Berkeley student is one of the victims in this tragic event. Adora and Tarishi was in the same orientation before their summer internship. I am crying for her parents and her friends. Innocent and beautiful lives lost don’t just happen to other people it happens to all of us. It could easily be my daughter, her schoolmate’s life lost saddens all of us, her parents’ lost is our loss. #Bangladesh #Bangladeshsiege posted by joyce _________
@zeynep Like clockwork. After each such incident, Turkey issues a a “media ban.” Wrong, unhelpful–and ineffective anyway. [..] Istanbul toll now at 45, with death of a 4-year old Jordanian child. Any claims ISIS is popular in the Muslim world is knowingly dishonest. _________ On Turkey, and the sinking boat called civilization https://t.co/zVDDkTqdlUhttps: //t.co/ZNPXMwRLp5 Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/mollycrabapple/status/749250835197136896 __________ suicide bombers kill 200 plus in baghdad http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/02/middleeast/baghdad-car-bombs/ The death toll from the Karada, Baghdad attack has risen again. Now nearly 300 dead. __________ anxiety, depression, suicide http://www.cracked.com/blog/how-other-people-are-getting-rich-off-your-anxiety/ __________ chelsea, kalief, ramsey,
ie’s, etc.. too many ie’s too many etc’s
from David Graeber‘s rev in reverse (p 3): situations where kings, politicians, celebrities or CEOs prance about
oblivious to almost everything around them while their wives, servants, staff, and handlers spend all their time engaged in the imaginative work of maintaining them in their fantasies.
never ending.. people .. people like us.. put on hold.. dying..
isms.. we keep using them to put people on hold
when we ism someone/thing.. the arguing kicks in. energy flows to the distraction/argument. oblivion perpetuates the broken feedback loop. and the people in need.. probably the people we ism-ed remain in need. remain oppressed. remain sealed from out attention
on hold..
i need you to wake up why have we not yet freed people let’s not wait
a nother way deep/simple/open enough.. for all of us
redefineschool.com/on-hold-ness/