[munificent]

I don't think you're hearing me.

You are presuming that one has a cause and that that cause is correct.

But where does that presumption come from? In order to be worth supporting, a cause does actually need to be based in reality. And you can't get that without journalism.

Should I join a cause that wants to outlaw popsicle sticks? Raise taxes on birdwatchers? Require owners of unicycles to register them? How does someone figure out what's a useful cause without actual information?

[shimman]

There's no point in hearing you because you're still espousing ineffective things. You do you, I know what works because I've been doing it for 5 years. The people that taught me were doing it effectively for 40 years. It's not complicated or hard, you just have to you know... actually organize with the appropriate power players.

I can see why advocacy is appealing to you though because you aren't sacrificing anything and allows oneself to be lazy rather than effective.