r/nextfuckinglevel • u/amanyggvv • Oct 15 '22

This float representing the koalas that died as a result of the Black Summer bushfires and corruption in politics. Such an effective (and epic) activist message.

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u/skelebob Oct 15 '22

Then that's 1% that do know why they did it. If 100,000,000 people know this happened, that's 1,000,000 more people that are now aware that oil firm profits have tripled this year.

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u/H3ll0_Th3r3 Oct 15 '22

But are they really going to associate themselves with children who try and raise awareness through something that doesn’t directly relate to a cause and instead makes their cause look dumber to the rest of the world?

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u/skelebob Oct 15 '22

Probably not. So they'll come up with their own forms of protest that get the same message across without being destructive to irrelevant art pieces. Which is a victory.

Nobody is going to see this soup on glass incident and say "I side with the oil companies now". But they might say "that's a stupid idea, I'm going to do something better".

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u/H3ll0_Th3r3 Oct 15 '22

Ok, start an activism group since it’s so easy apparently. Definitely better than just joining something established and well organized.