I think in the technical sense it actually does, in that it provides a low-stakes entry point for radicalization.
However, I think making and sharing memes and content also has the insidious effect of feeling like productive work and can give people a false sense of satisfaction that they’re part of a left movement when in fact they’ve never left their house.
I think that’s why so many people here gave a knee-jerk response to answer “no”, despite many being radicalized by people sharing this same content. It is technically true that it matters, but if that’s all you do then you’re doing so little as to round out down to zero.
Beautifully said. I wrote something similar and deleted it after I spiraled into a rant about how my options for actual meaningful praxis in the imperial core have largely been limited to feeding people, and even that gets harder and harder as time goes
I think in the technical sense it actually does, in that it provides a low-stakes entry point for radicalization.
However, I think making and sharing memes and content also has the insidious effect of feeling like productive work and can give people a false sense of satisfaction that they’re part of a left movement when in fact they’ve never left their house.
I think that’s why so many people here gave a knee-jerk response to answer “no”, despite many being radicalized by people sharing this same content. It is technically true that it matters, but if that’s all you do then you’re doing so little as to round out down to zero.
Beautifully said. I wrote something similar and deleted it after I spiraled into a rant about how my options for actual meaningful praxis in the imperial core have largely been limited to feeding people, and even that gets harder and harder as time goes