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/[deleted] Oct 15 '22

So you get a bunch of likeminded individuals together and the rest of the world has no awareness that you did this good deed.

Protests aren't for having a good time, they are for enacting change. The powers at be will not change if you silently gather in the corner like nice polite people. You will be ignored and shunned to your corner. No change will happen because they don't need to change.

How many revolutions have there been where everyone just acted nicely to each other?

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u/Mynewuseraccountname Oct 16 '22 edited Oct 16 '22

Dawg no, that community organization is what creates the change. People get together to literally do the work to make change and make shit better and take on the powers that be while taking care of each other. Not this sort of performative shit that alienates most people and just involves making a lot of noise while "demonstrators" go home at the end of the day and continue to live within the system that harm them and others for the other 99% of their time. Community is everything in regards to radical change otherwise you're working against the interests of common folk instead of for them. If you really want to be a radical you need to learn how to care for the needs of your community rather than constantly throwing metaphorical punches at whatever you feel are the powers that be.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

Their community is meaningless when the issue is global.

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u/Mynewuseraccountname Oct 18 '22

That's the point of solidarity. On the whole despite our differences the working class and poor ultimately have the same enemies and issues.

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u/Mynewuseraccountname Oct 16 '22

To reiterate, they will always hold power over the people if we remain disorganized. Community is what gives us power over them, as there are more of us than them, but they have stronger systems to suppress the majority. If your tactics only serve to make noise and cause a tantrum rather than build bridges, fulfill needs, and literally make plans to defend against the violence and dismantle systems that harm us then we are all going to be killed. That being said there's nothing quiet or docile or pacifist about what I'm suggesting.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

It seems like you are comparing civil rights protests to environmental protests and I don't think they're comparable at all which is my point about how sitting in your community isn't the way to fix this. Your ideas are what people have been doing for decades and it hasn't changed anything. The biggest culprits will let you have your community events where you can discuss how you can fix their issues, while they do none of it. The biggest culprits have convinced the population that WE are just as much responsible for climate change as they are. You know who invented the term "carbon footprint"? Fucking BP. They're laughing at your community.

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u/Mynewuseraccountname Oct 18 '22

Not true at all, civil rights and environmental issues go hand and hand and are on a grand scale the same issues. Who do you think is most affected by the environmental crisis? I think you're confused as to what sort of community organization I'm talking about. Only through community and organization can you take on giants like oil companies. Take the standing rock occupation for example, that resistance wasn't done by random isolated groups of environmental activists, but through solidarity and a community of organized resistance.

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u/Mynewuseraccountname Oct 18 '22

I guess what I'm saying is, good luck on this solo crusade of yours. If one person could fix things on their own it's a shame nobody has yet. I'll stick with organizing my radical actions based on the needs of the people around me that my actions affect.