We are tired. Tired of watching injustice unfold before our eyes. Tired of hearing the same names, Courtney Crum-Ewing, the Henry Boys, the residents of Mocha, police murders, become hashtags and headlines, only to fade into silence. Tired of watching corruption thrive, land stolen, and jobs and opportunities denied based on who you support, where you live, or what your last name sounds like.
And yet, what do we do? We take to social media. We rage in whatsapp groups. We drag each other. We create memes. We attack people who disagree with us, and too often, we eat our own.
As a psychologist, I understand the urge. Anger is a valid emotion. So is frustration. They are often rooted in pain, betrayal, and powerlessness. But I also know that when anger is not channeled into productive action, it eats away at the soul, and the society.
We can’t shout our way to liberation. We’ve been shouting for years. We’ve complained, marched, written letters, posted receipts. Yet the PPP’s abuses continue unchecked: state violence, stolen lands, job discrimination, and a procurement system designed to reward friends and punish the rest of us. No amount of Facebook outrage has stopped it.
The truth is hard to face, the PPP isn’t listening. And they don’t have to, because we haven’t built the kind of power that forces them to. So let me speak plainly, not just as a professional but as a woman, a mother, and a citizen who still believes in our collective potential. It’s time we change strategy.
Here’s what real resistance looks like:
1. Save your money.
Buy less of what you don’t need. Build emergency funds. Pool resources with your family and friends. Wealth equals options—and financial independence is political resistance.
2. Support community-owned businesses.
Your money should nourish your community. Stop funding those who oppress, exclude, and disrespect you. Spend wisely. Spend intentionally.
3. Educate your children like your life depends on it, because it does.
The real revolution is in the mind. Don’t wait for the government to save your child. Use online tools, community tutors, and free and paid programs to bridge the gap. An educated generation is harder to silence.
4. Volunteer.
Pick one thing, teach a class, fix a road, mentor a teen, help a single mother. Our communities are not failing because we lack money; they’re suffering because we’ve stopped showing up.
5. Boycott your oppressors.
Don’t shop with them. Don’t vote for them. Don’t normalize them. When someone shows you that your life and your rights mean nothing to them, believe them, and act accordingly.
6. Demand community improvements.
Where are the lights? Where are the libraries? Where is the clinic with running water? Demand better, and don’t let politicians off the hook when they fail to deliver.
7. Hold your own accountable.
Stop defending people just because they’re “ours.” If your community representatives are absent, corrupt, or complicit, call them out. Replace them.
We can’t afford to confuse visibility with power. Power is organization. Power is economic leverage. Power is education. Power is unity around shared purpose, not likes, shares, or dunks on Twitter.
We are up against a political machine that is calculating, well-funded, and deeply entrenched. What they fear is not your post. They fear your discipline. Your solidarity. Your ability to organize your block, your school, your business, your budget.
So yes, feel the anger. Name the injustice. But then, log off and go build.
Because history won’t remember our Facebook wars. It will remember whether or not we stood up with something stronger than rage; a strategy.
