[ SECRET POST #3536 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3536 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Things you think the world would be better off without

[(Anonymous)]

A lack of perspective is definitely a huge factor.

"The solution to addressing a power imbalance isn't to get rid of the stronger party immediately and suddenly, it's to empower other people more and/or change the status quo."

^ This, I would argue, is the most reasonable position to take, but changing the status quo requires mass organized effort by people who actually know what they're doing and have a good grasp of how the world works. Unfortunately, that's something that seems to be beyond the scope of a lot of modern social activism - or at least, what passes for "activism" on the internet. It's much easier to make cutesy historically inaccurate posts on your blog that inadvertently glorify non-western imperialism and ignore the political realities of, uh, everywhere outside North America & western Europe I guess.

Re: Things you think the world would be better off without

[(Anonymous)]

Haha yeah, like - I get the frustration people have and I honestly do share some very similar sentiments as them. And to give them credit I assume they genuinely want the world to be a better place and to feel at least that they are doing something for other people.

But the thing is big changes are sort of... not something that 'us as individuals' can somehow enact, and it's a little pompous-seeming to me to feel that way. In the West you've got the whole 'MY PERSONAL CHOICES WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE' thing like, don't like the practices of this store? BOYCOTT!!! IT!! but in poorer areas or places with less access to things that's simply not an option when there is only so much available. So the attitude towards changing things is less 'I WILL DO THE THING, FOR THE POOR PEOPLES' and more - slow, I guess. Or accepting the fact that it's going to always be a work in progress.

Not being able to make things better by yourself sucks especially when you think you know what the problem is, and that is a sad thing, sort of. It's nice people are trying, but it'd also be nice if they didn't castigate people for not feeling like jumping on board sometimes.