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XiELEd@piefed.social 22 hours agoApathetic attitude? Not everyone has the privilege of having ever been under an authority figure who actually cares about their job. My school can’t even bother to fix their drainage system, my city has had its reputation dragged in the mud on national TV for its shitty (literally) garbage collection system, even though people have been complaining about these for months. Do you seriously think they’ll take my opinion seriously? If I try to rally people to my cause, which would most likely be on Facebook, people would just snarkily say I’m overreacting and that I’m a hypocrite for using Facebook (which is the only thing I have). Even when I complained about the drainage system I was being name-called and insulted by someone who thought that making any demands to a school as a student was being entitled and what did I get out of it? Nothing! Do you think the geriatrics at the upper level even care about privacy or information? They still admire Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg goddammit! Have you ever had to really fight for a cause? Because you are painting an unrealistic landscape that I’ve never been able to see my entire life.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Sorry to hear about the situation you’re in but that doesn’t mean you should stop. Means you are targeting the wrong people and doing this alone.
A broken drainage system is something you could get a few people behind and go at it as a group.
Don’t crumble or think because as a student you can’t do anything. You have to get organized and get others involved. One person calling you names won’t matter at that point.
I’m actively part of multiple groups working on what we can to throw sand into their machines. Sometimes it’s small victories but at least it’s getting the message out there.
I understand that’s not safe to do in every country, but these things need to be addressed. Cause if we don’t, nobody will.
XiELEd@piefed.social 22 hours ago
I’m sorry for blowing up on you. It’s just that I feel powerless and I feel like it’s hard to take direct action. I’ve been trying to get people involved but it’s so hard to get the momentum going that it tends to fizzle out (kinda like c/Philippines). I really wanted free internet to be a thing here in my country (not only that, we pay more for lower quality internet cmp to other countries due to underdeveloped infrastructure) so that it would break the monopoly of facebook but I’m not sure if they’re doing their promise. I’m just used to my actions not having an impact unless it was supported by some external circumstance. Like how Lemmy became popular because of an external event.