You believe in collective action. You know community matters. So why do you still feel so profoundly, persistently alone? And why does trying to change that feel almost impossible? This episode is the answer you didn't know you were waiting for.
In this episode, Nikki makes the case that your isolation is not a personal failure, a pandemic side effect, or a social media problem.
Drawing on the history of chattel slavery, the War on Drugs, and the nuclear family as an architecture of isolation, Nikki breaks down what disconnection has always been designed to collect.
In this episode you'll learn:
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The tools of deliberate disconnection
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The political cost of isolation
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The difference between solitude and isolation and why you can be an introvert and still be deeply embedded in community
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Why isolation doesn't just happen to us and how white supremacist capitalism makes it feel like self-preservation
Mentioned in this episode:
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TAP HERE to listen to Episodes 55: Have the Presidential Term You Organized For
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TAP HERE to listen to Episodes 57: Have the Presidential Term You Organized For
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TAP HERE to listen to Episode 78: We Can't Have Matriarchy Without Community
Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Business As Usual.
Where do we go from here?
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Next episode: The High Cost of Counterfeit Community: Why Finding Your People Feels So Hard
Resource: Finding Your People: From Sociopolitical Isolation to Collective Action — a mini-course for anyone ready to move from disconnection to collective action. TAP HERE to get it.
