I’ve concluded quite some time ago that those online petitions are a way for politicians to diffuse people’s indignance or anger whilst not actually having to adress their problems (they might, if it doesn’t affect their priviledges or the benefits of the elites, but there is zero real pressure for them to do so).
People sign the petition and get a feeling that they did something about that thing that was making them angry, thus spending their impulse for action without actually having done anything trully effective, and politicians now don’t have to deal with real pushes for them to fix things or even threaths to their position since people aren’t getting together and going on demonstrations or even activelly campaigning to stop them from being re-elected.
I wouldn’t at all be surprised if those things are propaganda ops devised for some mainstream party or other by some smart marketing types which then spread because they were so useful at keeping most people from actually acting in effective ways when they felt their elected representatives weren’t representing their interests.
this comment is strange to me because all the online petitions i’ve participated in had some kind of outcome (they were all small scale and local, obviously we are not talking massive federal change or anything). and all of them very clearly had sections like “HEY DON’T STOP HERE” and then provided resources for further on-the-ground action or charities who could aid the situation. which people then did. and then change happened.
so like idk? im not saying your “conclusion from quite some time ago” is altogether false, but it’s certainly not representative of any whole or total reality.
im sure the psy-ops you theorize exist somewhere, but goodness gracious don’t write off every petition you see as some kind of malicious slacktivism campaign. look into it, talk to people. see for yourself, vote in the petition if you like, then do the activism whether it’s on the change.org site or not.
I’ve concluded quite some time ago that those online petitions are a way for politicians to diffuse people’s indignance or anger whilst not actually having to adress their problems (they might, if it doesn’t affect their priviledges or the benefits of the elites, but there is zero real pressure for them to do so).
People sign the petition and get a feeling that they did something about that thing that was making them angry, thus spending their impulse for action without actually having done anything trully effective, and politicians now don’t have to deal with real pushes for them to fix things or even threaths to their position since people aren’t getting together and going on demonstrations or even activelly campaigning to stop them from being re-elected.
I wouldn’t at all be surprised if those things are propaganda ops devised for some mainstream party or other by some smart marketing types which then spread because they were so useful at keeping most people from actually acting in effective ways when they felt their elected representatives weren’t representing their interests.
Just go to the politicians or companies website and see if they’re breaking accessibility laws and tell one of those shady Lawyers that always sue.
Complaining on social media about political issues does the same thing, gives the feeling of action without actually changing anything.
what experience are you citing here?
this comment is strange to me because all the online petitions i’ve participated in had some kind of outcome (they were all small scale and local, obviously we are not talking massive federal change or anything). and all of them very clearly had sections like “HEY DON’T STOP HERE” and then provided resources for further on-the-ground action or charities who could aid the situation. which people then did. and then change happened.
so like idk? im not saying your “conclusion from quite some time ago” is altogether false, but it’s certainly not representative of any whole or total reality.
im sure the psy-ops you theorize exist somewhere, but goodness gracious don’t write off every petition you see as some kind of malicious slacktivism campaign. look into it, talk to people. see for yourself, vote in the petition if you like, then do the activism whether it’s on the change.org site or not.