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title: "Liberationist 1: The basics"
date: 2024-07-07T23:04:03-5
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# Liberationist 1: The basics

Liberation, at its most basic, is the act and process of freeing oneself and others from oppression. It is also its own outcome: the state of being liberated.

## How I extend liberation's definition

For myself, liberation involves deconstructing cycles, systems, and structures which perpetuate violence against and exploitation of the oppressed and prevent people (oppressed *or* oppressor) in communities and broader society from living as their fullest selves. Liberation, for me, incorporates healing justice and provides for collective wellbeing.

To accept the cause of liberation is to face the future with hope and with vision.

## Why I strive for liberation

A list of reasons why I strive for liberation:

- Because “we have inherited a world on fire.” I want to fight for this world, to keep it. I want to fight for our collective survival.
- Because I choose hope over despair.
- Because I seek freedom, justice, and connection. I want to build a better world and to build a greater love.
- Because I want an end to injustice. I pursue an end to human-made cycles and systems which perpetuate violence.
- Because I want us—everyone—to be able to grow and live as their fullest selves.