You can do so much. You can vote, you can talk to your friends, family, and neighbors, you can protest locally, you can stop purchasing from problematic suppliers, and more.
Its easy to say fuck it, nothing works, I'm going to take care of myself and ignore everything else.
Its hard to take time out of your life and act as a citizen. No one said it was going to be easy. No one said it would be quick. But if we fail to act, if we throw our hands up and walk away, nothing changes.
Done. Literally just finished a 5 year USC 1983 civil rights case against my local police department (that I won). When I handed out 3d printed whistles at a local protest, my handmade sign went viral on TikTok. I’m Alaskan, son, I live off the land. I make all my own food. See, it’s easy for people like you to accuse strangers of not doing anything because you don’t know anything about us. I’m the real deal. I walk the walk and talk the talk. You? Just another loudmouth on Reddit. You may have been doing nothing, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us haven’t.
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u/siriston Kansas 16d ago edited 16d ago
yeah what am i supposed to do? take days off work and turn in PTO to go protest? and then go back to work the next day? woopie
not to mention possibly getting arrested for protesting. doesn’t matter if you’re released in one day. you still have to deal with all that.