On Surviving and “Refusitive Joy”
From Dorothy Day's "duty of delight" to Marquis Bey's imbuing life
“Faith does not spring from nothing. It comes with the holy dimension of our existence. Suddenly we become aware that our lips touch the veil that hangs before the holy of Holies.” Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
The most important thing to know about a regime of domination is that the accumulation of money and resources, though no doubt desirable and pleasant, is not the point. The point is to inflict suffering. Without understanding this, a regime of domination will not make sense and you will torment yourself trying to understand the rationality of various actions.
A second principle of domination is to locate everything in the universe according to the regime. This does not mean getting people to agree with you or support you – allies are as dispensable as foes. It means everything and everybody must inhabit the meaning prescribed to them by the regime. For Jim Crowe, it is not enough to make money from free labor or to deny to B…
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