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minus-squarePyotr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down13·2 months agoSomething, even if you see it as performative, is better than nothing
minus-squarerttw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s less and worse than nothing. It gives most people an idea that somebody is doing something about it. Not fully understand that it amounts to nothing. So that they are conditioned into not demanding a drastic, impactful action.
minus-squareSaltyAmerican@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoRemember when Pelosi performed in Kinte Cloth and then nothing happened? We do.
minus-squarekreskin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agosometimes its exactly equivalent to doing nothing.
Something, even if you see it as performative, is better than nothing
It’s less and worse than nothing. It gives most people an idea that somebody is doing something about it. Not fully understand that it amounts to nothing. So that they are conditioned into not demanding a drastic, impactful action.
Remember when Pelosi performed in Kinte Cloth and then nothing happened? We do.
sometimes its exactly equivalent to doing nothing.