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It looks like the internet archive is needed assistance, I just heard about this today and figured lemmy could help spread this message around

      • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
        225·
        24 days ago

        It feels better than doing nothing.
        If you can convince yourself you’re not doing nothing.
        I’ve never been that good a liar.

          • BossDj@lemm.ee
            4·
            23 days ago

            Yep. Petition gets large enough for media attention, word is spread, MAYBE people get active.

            But Then police beat on them, Trump supporters defend the corporate interests of their supreme lord, it all goes down the shitter anyway.

        • cybersin@lemm.ee
          15·
          24 days ago

          I don’t know.

          I still think there’s at least some value, even if the only thing it accomplishes is getting people to talk about it. Many people have never even heard of The Internet Archive.

          Either way, there isn’t really a reason not to.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        24 days ago

        Only things that are effective are better than doing nothing. Doing ineffective things only gives a false sense of accomplishment and thus reduces the incentive to try harder to be effective, which means they’re actually worse than doing nothing.

        Online petitions, “free speech zones,” and other easily-ignorable things are like honeypots for activism, designed to neuter it.

        • cybersin@lemm.ee
          4·
          24 days ago

          Sure, but “effectiveness” is usually not a binary and is often difficult to measure. Small, but persistent changes should still add up. Eventually.

          So long as people recognize that these things are in fact quite toothless, I’m not sure they are entirely detrimental. There’s no reason this couldn’t be used as a starting point for more effective action, now that signatories are in greater contact with the campaign.

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
      10·
      24 days ago

      It’s not even a question of being “owned by corporations”. Judges don’t care about petitions. They’re not politicians, their job is to adjudicate the law.

      • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        9·
        24 days ago

        In theory. In the US, at least (I don’t know about other countries), some judge positions are voted in, In that sense, they most certainly are politicians.

        On top of that, HAVE YOU SEEN OUR SUPREME COURT. THAT SHIT’S THE HALLMARK CHANNEL OF “OWNED BY OTHER ENTITIES”, be it actual politicians (Trump) or CEOs (also Trump), many of whom ARE both executives and politicans (again, not only Trump, but also a number of other reps & senators).