"Abolitionist organizers Kelly Hayes and Miriam Kaba write that inevitability is “a construct of the wicked” (Hayes and Kaba 2023, 5) and “… despair is a thief. It saps your energy, depletes your time, and robs you of your ability to dream” (Hayes and Kaba 2023, 227)." - Disabling Intelligences 5

"Fatalist platitudes like “we have to learn to live with it” may seem mild or even pragmatic, but they represent and engender a deeper sense of powerlessness. Through our own despair, we let injustice live." - Disabling Intelligences, Ch. 5, RMW