Modern activism promises change but profits few. Learn about the Activism Industrial Complex and what genuine advocacy looks like. Learn to protect your kindness and demand real progress instead of empty promises.
Glad you called out fake activism, Alvin—it’s one of the characteristics of our time! I’ve mostly written an article about my great-grandmother, a Finnish immigrant who used my great-grandfather’s money for a lawsuit that attempted to overturn the First Amendment right of free speech because she didn’t like what some people said. She was full of self-righteous passion and was completely wrong.
I used to think activists like my great-grandmother just needed to understand America better, but as you point out activism has largely turned into a grift.
Your SMART framework for finding the gold nuggets in the sewage is terrific!
Thanks, Chris! I do think there are people who genuinely want to make the world a better place. But they're almost never the ones who make the most noise because their deep understanding gives them a nuanced perspective of their cause and because they have a well-calibrated moral compass (that also drives them).
It's hard to just hold up signs and shout slogans when you know there are more impactful actions and when you know those slogans oversimplify matters such that they distort the perspective you represent to an extreme.
Glad you called out fake activism, Alvin—it’s one of the characteristics of our time! I’ve mostly written an article about my great-grandmother, a Finnish immigrant who used my great-grandfather’s money for a lawsuit that attempted to overturn the First Amendment right of free speech because she didn’t like what some people said. She was full of self-righteous passion and was completely wrong.
I used to think activists like my great-grandmother just needed to understand America better, but as you point out activism has largely turned into a grift.
Your SMART framework for finding the gold nuggets in the sewage is terrific!
Thanks, Chris! I do think there are people who genuinely want to make the world a better place. But they're almost never the ones who make the most noise because their deep understanding gives them a nuanced perspective of their cause and because they have a well-calibrated moral compass (that also drives them).
It's hard to just hold up signs and shout slogans when you know there are more impactful actions and when you know those slogans oversimplify matters such that they distort the perspective you represent to an extreme.