Imagine if the left, rather than getting mired in its load-bearing ableism and workforce fetish, had raced down the highway opened by the crisis. Bringing decades of thinking to bear, it could have had a ready-made dream to sell to people suddenly much keener on listening. Beyond even winning elections, it could have woven itself deep into the fabric of society, giving guidance and theory to structure all that self-started solidarity into a durable new world.
We'd likely be living better. Breathing more easily - likely maskless, suppression achieved. Working together on a million projects, tied to actual needs and joy, climate goals suddenly back in sight. Black people maybe, at last, free. Fascism kneecapped by the sheer power of folks just doing cool shit. Disabled and chronically ill people finally recognized as full members of society worth caring about and standing - or sitting! - proudly next to.
That world is what I have been mourning for five years.
https://lia-sae.net/articles/2025/08/what-should-have-been.html
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