one of the things that cut deep is the insistence on learned helplessness. people naturalize the state and the system they live in, draw a line between 'Politicians' and 'normal people' and declare they have no power in anything. if an action doesn't get immediate, drastic results it's rendered useless. change can only be achieved through contacting Politicians and requiring that they take action, as only they can take Political Actions. if they refuse, that's that. celebrities and artists are considered an especially frivolous species, like a toy, and demanding they use their platform against atrocity is to be ridiculed.
hey. you live in a physical world. you can stop things. if everyone who makes those bombs stood up and left, they would run out of bombs. if no one operated the transportation, it would simply not get there. universities have cut ties with the zionist entity because of the protests. countries have stopped trade and started to recognize palestine. it's way too slow, the us has a powerful hegemony to boost its diplomatic cover but things are happening. the human brain is hard wired to find the negative because you're more likely to survive in forest if you're worried about tigers rather than admiring the leaves and there are unending horrific negatives right now but things are happening. you're not an ant. you and the politician and the dead baby are all flesh and blood. do something even if it's just talking to people or donating $1 to an evacuation gofundme. it matters.
