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Well-earned physical pain and suffering, whether it’s from grappling, walking all day, or digging dirt is sweet relief for those of us who sit on our asses too much, and that materiality promises an encounter with trust and solidarity. Maybe that’s why I’m standing ringside after a long, immobile day writing emails, finishing an article, and applying for a grant. I’m vertical, and there are real people, real sounds, and real action around me. There is a physical encounter here that’s soaking into the immateriality of my day. There is immediacy, instead of a-temporality. It’s right here in front of me, and I flinch as a young man gets his elbow dislocated.

A more just and equitable world is one where we are willing to encounter the consequences of our actions and make ethical individual and collective choices. Capitalism insists that it is reasonable for an old-growth watershed to be sacrificed or workers to be downsized or land to be colonized in the name of growth and efficiency. A better world requires us being able to resist that logic and claim that some things are incommensurable: they do not adhere to market logic.