Summary/Review
Quote from Joline on February 24, 2026, 12:22 pmWake up and DO THE DISHES
Below are quotes from Eliza Daley's Review from Resilience.org
- Awakening from the nightmare (or spell) of our destructive systems is not a new idea. But old indigenous and traditional wisdom
- "Moderns" are those humans under a spell of their own weaving to prevent then/us from seeing the harm we/our system causes
- "Moderns" need to wake up and do the work of repair and reconnecting: ie hospicing the dying "Modern" system and ushering in Care work--ie essential work that sustains life.
Machado’s basic message is that a culture that is premised on appropriating the labor and resources of others is eventually going to fail — but not before damaging everything that it touches, most especially those who have materially and socially benefited from the appropriation. Moderns must be willingly blind to the destruction and pain that underpin their success and wealth. They must redefine this reality in ways that free them from culpability, that allow them to keep what they have stolen without guilt or remorse. They must view this culture through filters that occlude the necessary harm in this system so that they can benefit from it and yet believe themselves good people, people who have earned their status and wealth, people who deserve their fortune — while those who have not benefited are seen as undeserving. Those who are not Moderns, or even those who once were and are now falling through the widening cracks in our crumbling culture, must be at fault. They must have earned their pain because they did not conform or follow rules or work hard enough… or have the proper color skin…
Breaking the spell of false consciousness that supports privilege and inequality and supporting health for people and planet by doing the often unpaid, unrewarded work of CARE is one way to exit from the illusion and begin the repair.
...everyone is culpable. Deal with that. Know that. Internalize that. Do not try to reconcile or excuse that. But get down off your false privilege and get to work fixing what you have broken. Don’t wallow in attention-seeking guilt either. We don’t have time for theatrics. We all need to roll up our sleeves and do what is needed. And do what is needed, not what we think is needed. We first need to listen to the world, listen to the voices we’ve suppressed, listen to reality. As Machado says, “Do the dishes”, meaning tend to and take care of the physical bodies enmeshed and entangled with modernity.
Wake up and DO THE DISHES
Below are quotes from Eliza Daley's Review from Resilience.org
- Awakening from the nightmare (or spell) of our destructive systems is not a new idea. But old indigenous and traditional wisdom
- "Moderns" are those humans under a spell of their own weaving to prevent then/us from seeing the harm we/our system causes
- "Moderns" need to wake up and do the work of repair and reconnecting: ie hospicing the dying "Modern" system and ushering in Care work--ie essential work that sustains life.
Machado’s basic message is that a culture that is premised on appropriating the labor and resources of others is eventually going to fail — but not before damaging everything that it touches, most especially those who have materially and socially benefited from the appropriation. Moderns must be willingly blind to the destruction and pain that underpin their success and wealth. They must redefine this reality in ways that free them from culpability, that allow them to keep what they have stolen without guilt or remorse. They must view this culture through filters that occlude the necessary harm in this system so that they can benefit from it and yet believe themselves good people, people who have earned their status and wealth, people who deserve their fortune — while those who have not benefited are seen as undeserving. Those who are not Moderns, or even those who once were and are now falling through the widening cracks in our crumbling culture, must be at fault. They must have earned their pain because they did not conform or follow rules or work hard enough… or have the proper color skin…
Breaking the spell of false consciousness that supports privilege and inequality and supporting health for people and planet by doing the often unpaid, unrewarded work of CARE is one way to exit from the illusion and begin the repair.
...everyone is culpable. Deal with that. Know that. Internalize that. Do not try to reconcile or excuse that. But get down off your false privilege and get to work fixing what you have broken. Don’t wallow in attention-seeking guilt either. We don’t have time for theatrics. We all need to roll up our sleeves and do what is needed. And do what is needed, not what we think is needed. We first need to listen to the world, listen to the voices we’ve suppressed, listen to reality. As Machado says, “Do the dishes”, meaning tend to and take care of the physical bodies enmeshed and entangled with modernity.