a lot of people are coming to the conclusipn that the world is just hopelessly bad. it isn’t just you. i have friends who are flirting with the idea of suicide as a form of protest and I’m getting worried because mixing suicide ideation into activism seems like a terrible idea.

zetsubonna:

Suicide as political protest has a long and fascinating history, honestly, and has been used to argue with a lot of causes and draw attention to a lot of suffering.

My only issue with it is that it has never once fucking worked.

The kyriarchy isn’t going to budge because one person’s body made headlines for a blip in the news cycle. They don’t care. Look at the hundreds dead of AIDS in the ‘80s. Look at the kids in school shootings. Look at how many deaths it took to get warning labels on tobacco. Shit, look at the suicide rate among the mentally ill and how it hasn’t motivated advancements in affordable, compassionate care. Why would anyone be vain enough to think their single death would even budge the needle?

Fuck off. Live. If for no other reason, live out of spite. You can die in one protest or march in hundreds. Which do you think is gonna be more effective?

I understand despair. I understand helplessness. I understand feeling like nothing matters and you have nothing left to lose. Believe me, I understand.

But if the kyriarchy is gonna kill you?

Make the fuckers work for it.