i can’t do my laundry anymore because the squatter broke my washing machine and the neighbors stole my dehumidifier/dryer with the help of the dumbest local cops on earth.
go to a laundromat? why don’t you come and pick me up and take me to the nearest laundromat? i don’t have a vehicle because every time i’ve tried to buy one, i end up getting robbed.
there is literally nothing you can throw in my fkn face to imply that i have not tried hard enough. the problem is you. these shitty fkn people get away this shit because everyone else just wants to shrug and assume that i am just stupid so you don’t have to worry about.
if you can’t give a shit about me, you need to understand that this could happen to you, or your kid, your nibling, your parent, great aunt, your upstairs neighbor - point is, this shit happens all the time, it’s very fkn conmon, in fact - because the predators among us recognize when nobody gives a shit. they see it. they get away with more and more. and it’s because of EVERYONE ELSE’s insistence on looking the other way, “not my problem,” “not my responsibility,” “i’m sure somebody else will do something”
that is exactly what predators target - someone who is nobody’s problem, nobody’s responsibility, nobody’s anybody.
and given that it IS happening and DOES happen with increasing frequency, it is then reasonable to direct criticism toward the variable - people who do not expressly support this type of oppression but don’t know what else to do.
i hope that is where we are stuck. i hope that’s it.
what if there is a way you can be helpful? but i can’t just tell you because we have to figure it out together. i don’t have an answer and list of duties to hand out. all i have are ideas. and i know some of you do, too. and a lot of people don’t even realize that they’ve made some very profound observations that they may have dismissed as “impractical,” “unrealistic.” we have to work together to develop our ideas.
and we have to start now. please.
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