Fear Is their Strategy. Joy Is our Rebuttal.

Fascism wants us exhausted.
Burned out.
Doomscrolling.
Always reacting.

That’s not an accident.
That’s the strategy.

Fear keeps people tense.
Anger keeps people online.
Exhaustion keeps people from organizing.

Rest is not a retreat.
It’s preparation.

Joy is not denial.
It’s fuel.

Movements don’t survive on panic alone.
They survive because people laugh together.
Because people log off.
Because people remember who they are outside the fight.

Happiness builds stamina.
Joy builds connection.
Rest builds clarity.

A movement made only of fear burns out.
A movement rooted in joy lasts.

Take the break.
Close the app.
Touch something real.
Come back when your body says yes.

Fascism feeds on our fear.
But it starves when we are rested, grounded, and connected.

Joy isn’t soft.
Joy is strategic.
Joy is how we keep going.

And we’re going to need each other — for a long time.