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You have the power to build up leaders rather than tearing them down.
And if nothing else, you have the power to say nothing. If you're not going to offer better alternatives, at least make the positive choice not to attack the people taking action.
And, just to be absolutely clear, if you carefully read back through everything I've said here, you'll see that I never said "don't criticize." Criticism can still build up, can still inspire others to join a common cause. But you're not doing that. You're just cutting down what's there and planting nothing in its place.
How dare I hold our leaders to account for doing nothing for decades and allowing the country to fall to fascism?
I can’t fucking stand liberals.
You can hold leaders to account, and you should - there's plenty to hold them to account for - but that still doesn't answer the question of what is to be done in this present moment right now.
You want a general strike, but you have no idea who is going to organize one, or how they're going to do it, because you'd rather feel justified in your outrage over grudges of the past than actually see anything useful done.
You're more interested in feeling righteous than you are in succeeding, and that's going to get you exactly nowhere.