Deleting your Facebook account to fight their takeover of the public sphere is like taking your house off the grid to fight global warming. It neither addresses the problem nor shields you from its consequences
Nobody said anything about boycott except that it's a stupid response. Organizing does not mean organizing boycotts.
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It's not a stupid response: one should be allowed to participate in a protest without the of need of marching to the white house
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Yes, you're allowed to do things that are stupid & unproductive, like the original "going off grid" analogy. Nobody's stopping you.
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The point is that there are effective paths to change that aren't about some imaginary moral high ground about your own actions.
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