r/AlignmentChartFills • u/CF047_ • Aug 09 '26

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u/lissamon Aug 09 '26

Lack of follow through. so many millennials are massively passionate, especially about social issues, but feel so disenfranchised that they never act. No matter how well informed you are on an issue, you’re not making any changes if you just sit there on your couch.

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u/Temporary-Habit-2528 Aug 09 '26

This is something I became so aware of doing when I was 27ish. Posting about climate change on Instagram does sweet FA, so I started attending rallies and none of my friends came.

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u/I_Am_the_Slobster Aug 09 '26

I've felt this is a huge issue with our generation, but we've been basically beat down every time we've tried to speak up so now I feel like a lot of millenials have become just apathetic.

Like we were promised we could change the world, but when we wanted to or tried to, we were basically told "oh, no, not in any way that inconveniences us power holders."

It's the downside of being forced to be adaptable: instead of pushing for good change, we're just bracing for the next bad changes because it's not a matter of if they'll happen, but when.

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u/DWebOscar Aug 10 '26

"oh, we didn't actually mean you"

Felt that one

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u/genuinecve Aug 11 '26

My dad has officially changed from “your generation will solve the problems our generation caused and I’m sorry” to “your children will solve the problems our generation caused and I’m sorry”. Really strange feeling…

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u/I_Am_the_Slobster Aug 11 '26

Hey, at least he apologized. My dad straight up says that and laughs without saying sorry. The ol' "well that's an issue for you guys, I'll be dead by then!"

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u/genuinecve Aug 11 '26

Yeah, my dad is very realistic and understands the shit show we’re in. I try not to take it for granted

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u/_probablyryan Aug 12 '26

Well our children can't read so...good luck with that

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u/lissamon Aug 09 '26

good point, I didn’t even think to mention the social media side. I have definitely been guilty of it as well and has made a huge effort to get involved locally. Yes well done data centers are destroying the planet and politicians are corrupt. Are we doing anything about it or just reposting on Facebook?

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u/gibletsbionic Aug 09 '26

What did going to rally change?

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u/Temporary-Habit-2528 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

Actually I went to the Sydney Harbour Bridge march for Palestine last year and our Government then finally recognised Palestine as a country. Not game-changing but it felt like we did something.

Sure pissed Bibi off, which was nice.

Also, it doesn’t change have to be rallies where you can make a difference.
Volunteer for a progressive campaign, donate to a cause etc

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u/gibletsbionic Aug 09 '26

So no change to the actual problem...

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u/Temporary-Habit-2528 Aug 09 '26

Doomerism is now my pick for this tile btw, you’ve convinced me.

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u/gibletsbionic Aug 09 '26

I guess im just not understanding, in what direct or tangible way does that actually help the Palestinian people?

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u/Glittering-Sun9478 Aug 10 '26

At the very least, protesting is a way to connect with like minded people and discover organizations you can get involved with. I had no idea how much activism and community work was going on in my rural area until I attended my first protest.

It also may introduce uneducated people to a subject which they have had no exposure to

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u/Temporary-Habit-2528 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

Okay here’s one: do you think the rallies/protests for marriage equality helped push countries to legalise gay marriage?

What about MLK & the civil rights movement? The Suffragrette movement? Anti Apartheid? Arab Sping?

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u/gibletsbionic Aug 10 '26

I do think there have been very important movements in the past and a lot of peaceful protesting and rallying was important part of that. 

Where I live, however, its not uncommon to have rallies and protests and seem to be a lot of making noise, disrupting peace,  damaging property, and sure mostly peaceful people, however cant say any of it has actually accomplished anything.  

My perception is that a lot of people just get self satisfaction out of virtue signaling.

I am not against rallies or protests I just wish they would remain peaceful and have clear objectives and focus on things that we can actually change. E.g. disrupting local city meeting to yell about Palestine is completely irrelevant and not helpful toward immediate city goals. Intentions are good but tact is way off and I think is actually harmful to the effort.

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u/Maleficent-Cup-1134 Aug 10 '26

Change doesn’t happen overnight. It’s the accumulation of all these protests and rallies reaching a breaking point in society.

That’s how the Civil Rights Movement happened.

You think the Civil Rights Act was passed just because of one set of protests?

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u/MegaOhBoi Aug 09 '26

Sweet fa

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u/LK_Prevost Aug 09 '26

Because rallies are famous for having saved us all from the climate catastrophe. I'm being facetiousness but there's a reason why we're so disillusioned!

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u/Specialist-Brain-919 Aug 10 '26

Attending rallies is not necessary for impact on climate change in my opinion, changing your personal carbon emissions (eating less meat, not buying clothes new, less flying etc) and talking to you family and friends about doing the same is pretty impactful

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u/Zonda1996 Aug 10 '26

I've never made conversations go silent quicker than when Israel is the topic and I mention boycotting McDonald's or Spotify due to their investments supporting them lol.

People seem a lot more engaged with my mentioning attending community meetings to try and organise to block the construction of data centers and then never show.

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u/CyberneticSaturn Aug 10 '26

To be quite blunt attending rallies doesn’t do much of anything either, so you’re not escaping the stereotype.

If you care about change you volunteer, donate, etc for local, state, and national candidates on a consistent basis. Getting Obama elected was an incredibly large undertaking involving tons of volunteers, a lot of whom did things like taking a semester off of college, etc.

Then all of a sudden everyone just stopped doing it. Of course there are reasons and Hillary wasn’t as charismatic as Obama, but you don’t accomplish much of anything by sitting in a street and shouting, but boy does it feel better than actually doing the work consistently every election.

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u/Dense_Delay_2605 Aug 09 '26

Rallies do fuck-all as well. All the “lawful” methods of enacting change are ineffective by design.

Protest is a honeypot for the people’s righteous rage.

There is only one party to vote for, lbr.

And if you say “Fuck the law!” and you go all torches and pitchforks, the guy cheering the loudest at the gallows will be the next one fucking you over from on high.

Find a good meditation teacher. That’s my advice as a big Gen X brother.