Roberto von Archimboldi on Nostr: yes absolutely, but I will tell you what got me started on this train of thought. I ...

yes absolutely, but I will tell you what got me started on this train of thought. I once went to a squat in London. It, the squat, didn't last very long. They don't anymore. The wonderful people of the squat had put in loads of work to change the front step to a ramp, digging out concrete, rehanging the door, I don't know what else. Serious labour and resources. They could have done other things with their time, limited money and limited muscle power. Had they just knocked up a ramp out of an old table, I could have got in. I could have also got in had they tipped back my heavy wheelchair. These are all adjustments. Why did they go for the ramp? Because they thought that anything that involved a disabled person having to talk to another human being wasn't access, because it would make me dependent on someone else. I am already dependent on other people, just like every human being.

I really appreciate the fact that my life makes my dependence so transparent. It is the actual human condition and one that capitalism tries to deny, usually at enormous cost to people and planet.