I have read your pieces throughout the year. Thank you for writing this thoughtful end of the year piece that resonated with me. May we continue in truth and community in the new year.
Phenomenal piece. The observation about the UnitedHealthcare response crystallizing a shift in how people understand legitimacy is really penetrating. What struck me most was the framing around slow bureaucratic violence versus visible acts of resistence, because it flips the usual moral calculus most people operate under. I've been grappling with that same tension in conversations where folks who are sympathetic to abolition still recoil when the discussion turns to what resistance might actualy require. The warfare framework from Burton def makes that conversation more urgent and honest.
I have read your pieces throughout the year. Thank you for writing this thoughtful end of the year piece that resonated with me. May we continue in truth and community in the new year.
Thank you for reading and for being a part of the community!
Phenomenal piece. The observation about the UnitedHealthcare response crystallizing a shift in how people understand legitimacy is really penetrating. What struck me most was the framing around slow bureaucratic violence versus visible acts of resistence, because it flips the usual moral calculus most people operate under. I've been grappling with that same tension in conversations where folks who are sympathetic to abolition still recoil when the discussion turns to what resistance might actualy require. The warfare framework from Burton def makes that conversation more urgent and honest.
Thank you for writing this.
Thank you for reading!