I feel there is very little we can do individually to change people’s minds or turn them away from fascism, or even to get them to stop turning their own brains into soup, but you can still show them there are consequences to their actions.
Telling my own friends / relations what I think of them and cutting ties with them has done nothing to bring them back in line with normal human values, but at least I am not burdened with the guilt of my association, and maybe one day enough people will cut them off that the loneliness gets to them and they begin to re-evaluate their lives.
It is literally the least I can do. Any sadness I felt was heartbreak that they could be so shitty to begin with.
It will have been ten years since I cut off my blood in October; but it’s like I say-- none of my contact info has changed. My phone number is still the same. If any of them wanted to hear from me, they could’ve, any time in the last ten years… And they never have. As it sits right now, I have no reason to care. As it sits right now, the next call I get from them better not be “so and so is sick and needs you to come out”; 'cause I’m finna get real petty if that’s the next thing I hear. "So you only wanna hear from me when you need something" type beats. Same as they would’ve done to me.
Some people just can’t be claimed.
Haven’t talked to my mom in around 5 years and I was recently told she was lamenting it, because she wanted her living room painted but is too cheap to pay the going rate.
I’m in the exact same situation.