We see resistance and take it as a sign that something is wrong. Then we look at who is to blame for the friction and then we try to balance that blame. Trying to balance the blame and get rid of resistance seems rational, healthy and normal.
The idea that resistance is not in itself bad but "a bad sign" already undermines any form of rebellion as aberration or excess—and yet, the true sign that something is wrong is the lack of resistance. Resistance is normal and healthy and necessary.
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Should you resist when resistance is "futile"? Resistance is not a deal. You resist because it is the right thing to do, not because you get rewarded. You resist against what is wrong, and whether you succeed doesn't matter. You resist because it's the right thing to do, even if it is neither rewarding nor successful. Being able to resist against superior powers is in itself already a success. In fact, your resistance has a stronger impact if it is against your benefit, if you resist for others.
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@reichenstein but what to do when you get tired and you realize your individual resistance is worthless? What to do when you use and like a product and then you see the CEO of the company declaring support for a tyrant? When you are told not to use plastic straws and see the big players of the agribusiness destroying the forests?
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@mdalves Resistance will cost you, and it will wear you down. It's not a clean matter. You need to breathe even if the air is dirty. You do what you can. People telling us that our resistance isn't squeaky clean when they roll in the mud don't have a point when they bemoan that our hands are dirty. You need to survive to fight. And you need a thick skin against cynicism from outside and from within. You are not going to win, but giving up is not an option.
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@reichenstein I like to think the phrase "resistance is futile" is, first and foremost, a tactic from the oppressor. They know very well they can’t handle an organised resistance, so they have to trick the masses into believing it’s not even worth trying. In fact, I would even say "resistance is futile" is an oxymoron, but we’ve heard it so often that we’ve come to believe it.
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@reichenstein Thanks for your words. It seems that in current debates, resistance to our own opinions or positions is often considered useless whereas they actually drive us to refine, reconsider, or even abandon our own arguments. Too often, labels like "far-right" or "far-left," "radical," "conservative", etc. serve as excuses to avoid engaging with other opinions altogether.
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