• limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 days ago

    Sounds like the nyt cherry picked some influencers to reinforce an opinion that may not be widely shared: that a viable strategy is to give up and do useless politics.

    The article vaguely criticizes other movements without giving alternatives.

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          12 days ago

          This seems to be a rare individual who would not have done such except for his own misfortune with his back.

          If I learned anything from this, is that most people cannot do any real changes either for health or environment. It has reinforced my cynicism

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            12 days ago

            That’s only really true if you’re trying to make a huge change to society on your own. It takes being organized and working with others, as a group, to make the change happen.

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      12 days ago

      It’s already a gift link. People won’t hit the paywall unless at least one of the following is true:

      • You’ve disabled Javascript
      • You’re running a browser extension which chops off the access token from the URL
      • Your device desperately needs a reboot