119. Have we given up as citizens?
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is not unusual for me to be involved in conversations with well meaning, caring
people who tell me that we can’t change society, that the establishment has it
all well tied up, that growing inequality, climate change or proxy wars are
inevitable. Disappointment and frustration leading to political disengagement
is the weapon of reactionary powers. As citizens, we have better tools than ever
to engage, organise, communicate and fight for what we care about. But we must
believe, and we must use them. If there is one thing the coronavirus taught us
is how rapidly a virus, or an idea, can spread in our society. All it needs is
an R over 1. We can, today, achieve anything socially or politically so long as
we care and as we ensure that we are sufficiently contagious, that we engage
others and pass on this idea to more than one person each. When you break it
down like this, it does not seem hard. The result is not immediate, difficult
for many today, but it could be ultimately inevitable
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