Liberation isn’t just an event, it’s a story we tell each other to remember it’s possible. A war might topple a regime, a law might grant rights, but if no one sees it, if it doesn’t ripple through the collective imagination, it’s just a tree falling in the forest of history. The real work isn’t the act itself; it’s the echo. Without witnesses, even victory is just a footnote. And in the age of algorithms, if the echo doesn’t go viral, did the tree ever make a sound?
How do we even know what liberation is if not for the drumbeat that announces it through the ages.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes…
This is an incredibly low empathy question.
Things that you’re not aware of still matter.
And this should be obvious, but a woman is a human, if she was really liberated from something, she would be aware of it. There is literally always an observer unless you’re so far gone you really don’t think a woman counts…
oreoreore@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
Yes, woman is a human. Humans are human. But we tend to only care about those we hear of. A woman in a dire circumstance without someone putting her on insta is still suffering just as much.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nope, even without ASPD empathy is a learned skill that has to be developed. And someone with a totally broken oxytocin system can still conciously be empathetic with effort. I literally do it every day.
Literally what empathy means…