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this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2023
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It's easier to bitch about what's wrong than to actively do something to make it better.
I mean plenty of people bitching are doing what's within their power. This is a reductionist and bad faith argument
Everyone has the ability to change the things around them. People want to change the world. That is an unrealistic goal to start with. What you can change directly and immediately is your family/household. Then you can move to your neighborhood. As you change the things closest to you, then you can slowly move out to larger things.
Going on a worldwide platform and bitching may make you feel better, but it does nothing to change things and just makes people avoid you.
So every single action you ever take is to affect change directly? Seems that you're not affecting change by posting here. Sounds like you're bitching about people bitching. That does nothing. Kinda makes me wanna avoid you.
Let people bitch. It's not hurting you in any way, and might even raise awareness of issues to people who aren't familiar with a particular issue.
Because it's one or the other. This dichotomy isn't even slightly false.
Well said, unfortunate reality.