No matter how hard we all wish it were otherwise, the sad fact is that there aren't really individual solutions to systemic problems. For example: your personal diligence in recycling will have no meaningful impact on the climate emergency.
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I get it. People write to me all the time, they say, "What can I change about my life to fight enshittification, or, at the very least, to reduce the amount of enshittification that I, personally, experience?"
It's frustrating, but my general answer is, "Join a movement. Get involved with a union, with @eff, with the @fsf. Tell your Congressional candidate to defend Lina Khan from billionaire Dem donors who want her fired. Do something *systemic*."
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Cory Doctorow
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