https://www.citationneeded.news/it-matters-i-care/
"“Who cares? It doesn’t matter anyway.” I’ve come to expect these words in my
social media replies to my own work, and elsewhere in response to other
journalists doing critical reporting on the abuses of the Trump regime.
Explain the clear corruption exemplified by Donald Trump’s growing list of
cryptocurrency businesses? “Nobody cares.” Expose the pseudonymous individuals
spending millions of dollars to buy influence with the president via his
personal memecoin? “It doesn’t matter, he’s never going to face consequences.”
Document apparently illegal campaign contributions by the largest American
cryptocurrency exchange? “What does it matter, no one’s going to do anything
about it.”
And these aren’t just a few social media responses, they’re expressions of a
much broader resignation I’m seeing on- and offline: That caring is somehow
naive. That documenting the truth is pointless. That hope is for fools.
Let me be clear:
It fucking matters. Truth matters. Documentation matters.
Fighting corruption matters. That accountability seems out of reach right now
doesn’t change that. When we internalize the belief that nothing can change, we
stop demanding change. When we accept corruption as normal, we stop fighting
it. When we dismiss documentation of wrongdoing as pointless, we give
wrongdoers exactly what they want: permission to continue unchecked and with no
record of their actions.
I understand the despair in these kinds of responses. We’ve all watched
impeachments fail, courts falter, institutions buckle, and politicians
repeatedly trade away democracy for their next campaign check. But giving up on
the very idea that truth and morality matter is not just cynicism, it’s
surrender."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
