about that recent ask, also not a professional nor any kind of stats person and I can't even say anything specific about the boycotts, but I am a person who's been in intensive therapy programs for almost a decade including group therapy and can attest, the "what's the point?" mindset can and will kill anything it gets attached to if left to fester. It's an insidious concept that acts as a comfort blanket for people, letting them think "well why would I when it isn't gonna do anything" and allows people to get away with not taking that first step, not talking about that hard thing, not boycotting that brand because yeah it's not gonna magically fix everything if you do that one thing- that's not the point of it. We've been ingrained in a society that yearns for these quick fixes, the magical no-effort-required solutions to all of our problems when that's not how it ever works out. Just because something won't fix a problem immediately doesn't mean it isn't worth doing, and that's a big thing people tend to overlook.

long-winded way to say, "what's the point?" The point is to make manageable steps towards the goal. With a situation like this, none of us are able as one person with no political power to really do anything that makes a bigger step, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't make steps at all because it's useless. That means we all have to work together to make the steps matter. Fuckin' Democracy and shit.

Apologies it's so long-winded, that "what's the point?" thing really got me- hope this is somewhat helpful :) -aureramphibian

EXACTLYYY thank u !!

if everybody asks, "what's the point?" nobody will change. nothing will change. palestinians will keep getting murdered in their homes and homeland because everybody has the same exact mindset of, "i can't help. i'm just one person."

one person boycotting mcd's may not "do anything," but millions boycotting will. a quick google search says 69-70 million people purchase mcd's each day. one out of 70 million won't do anything; but 50 million people together working together to end support of this corporation (and any others) will. 40, 50, 60 million "just one persons" add up.

it is entirely an excuse to not take that first step. the bare minimum. right now, i'm doing the bare ass minimum by talking about it and ending my support of these businesses. this bare minimum is still better than those who are ignorant and those who are educated but choose still to support these disgusting companies.

none of us will die without mcd's chicken nuggets; but thousands of palestinians will continue to die when we keep supporting their murderers' suppliers.