Yeah I get it, everything fucking sucks and sometimes we get a win. I’ve been here for 30 minutes tops and I can’t remember half of the headlines I’ve read, can you? There’s like no engagement on any of the posts here and there’s probably a dozen aggregators that post the same shit you’re looking at.
Shit that was written to nickel and dime you somehow, or lower down the food chain in an academic format for people actually paid to solve problems.
Leave the articles to the climate scientists and policy makers: This instance needs a place for people who get shit done, people who wanna change themselves and their immediate communities. We don’t have enough of that, anywhere.
I think you’re right. Posting on social media has become a distraction from activism. All the news also lead/contribute to activism burnout. I think twitter and co are the best thing that could ever have happened to the big corporations and governments who want to keep their power. People post there and think that that’s activism, while it achieves next to nothing.
But on the other hand, it also might be the only thing burned-out people CAN do if they don’t feel like street activism. Also it gives motivation to some.