{"id":901,"date":"2024-11-25T14:04:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ykhong.com\/writes\/?p=901"},"modified":"2025-01-25T21:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T21:54:11","slug":"community-as-antidote-to-dehumanization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ykhong.com\/writes\/community-as-antidote-to-dehumanization\/","title":{"rendered":"Community as Antidote to Dehumanization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">These settler colonizers of Empire have the largest, most extensive, and most expensive militaries and weaponry in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Despite bragging about their \u201chighly advanced weapons\u201d with AI systems that can find a specific face amongst tens of thousands in a crowd, that is not how they use them. They have no desire for accuracy because it does not aid them toward their end goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Their end goal is total obliteration<\/strong>. They aim to take as many lives as possible because they do not see those they oppress as human. And for that, accuracy is not mandatory nor is it preferred. Instead, the more they can dehumanize, the easier it is for them to massacre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This is how they were and are able to gleefully justify enslavement, genocide, and the total destruction of the land, earth, and climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And though to many it may sound trite because it is mentioned at every turn, this is truly why <strong>community is essential for liberation<\/strong>. Always. Community is the pathway to <strong>humanizing ourselves and each other<\/strong>. Community is the countering force against dehumanization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Look deep toward each other. Know your neighbors, <strong>find your third places<\/strong>, reach out, connect, and witness each other. We are truly all we\u2019ve got, and <strong>we need each other to get there.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These settler colonizers of Empire have the largest, most extensive, and most expensive militaries and weaponry in the world. 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