“tl;dr: you don't need or want
the people who you know
aren't 'with you' to be
with you. really, you don't”
—Wendy Trevino, "Revolutionary Letter"
All the below and the ruling class they serve:
Grifters and Entrepreneurs
Petit bourgeois “cultural workers,” “activists,” “creatives,” and other woke office workers with managerial aspirations
The aestheticizing of politics, and other fashy tendencies of wokeness
The politics of appearances
People who invoke “boundaries,” “capacity,” “self-care” and other neoliberal catchwords to dip out of the work of caring for each other
Philanthropists
Cultish followers
The scene
Influencers
Placing figures and thinkers on a pedestal
Wannabe martyrs
The politics of guilt
Diversity and inclusion initiative leaders
People who don’t know the meaning of mutual aid
Organizations that siphon funds and revolutionary potentials
When NYPD won’t suck my dick
Campaign Zero
Eight Can’t Wait
Blue vests
Beret-brandishing brand ambassadors
Israel, the Israeli defense forces, and the zionists who love them
Democrats
Mayors, Governors, Attorney Generals, and Presidents
The United States of America and its armed forces
American patriots
Counterinsurgents
Imperial wars and how they always come home
The macarena dance, unfortunately
Obama
Progressives and gradualists
Progressive politicians who promote mutual aid when they should be giving you the $$$$$ looted by the ruling class
Self-proclaimed movement leaders
Authoritarian anarchists
White ladies who love their dogs too much
White people obsessed with their credit score
Gentrifying households in black neighborhoods with BLM yard signs
Landlords
Property defenders, property flippers, and property in general
Every politician who signs off on police budgets
Every parasitic inflated police budget
Every kneeling cop
NYPD “challenge coin” collectors
Civilian review boards
The Police Benevolent Association
Zuck/Musk/Bezos/Jack
Predictive policing and its programmers
Proponents of private policing
The Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform
“Justice Hubs” designers
Border patrol, border checkpoints, and borders
New Mexico civil guard and right-wing militias
Sovereign Citizens
Red Scare
White people podcasts
The New York Times
Vox media
Jacobin
Pundits and critics
Post-Occupy intellectuals
Parasitic academics
Lin Manuel Miranda
Joanne K. Rowling
Risk assessment and reputation managers
The mural on your favorite brand’s boarded up business
Your favorite brand’s BLM statement
Universities and museums’ BLM statements
All institutions’ hollow statements
The Wing, WeWork and all other coworking businesses
Instagram stories
People cheering from luxury condos
Dads of the state who implement curfews
Emergency powers
Detractors and Distractors