Activist X

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2020

You can't really fight the establishment when corporations’ managers are covering their asses with cute kittens, beautiful teenagers, victims of tragedies, etc. Behind the shield of real people, a narrative-creating unscrupulous company is hiding, and you can't spit in their direction without hitting conditional activist X. Those who are disgusted with the mainstream, have to make fun of activist X because the establishment has plastered portraits of this person all over its walls and doors. At some moment, the media stops describing the facts and begins to brainwash the audience with daily emotional stories about activist X in order to sell the issue and increase website visits. And just saying "fuck them all" becomes problematic, because you may be asked: what do you mean? Are you against love and kindness? This is a ploy used by the oligarchy in the fight for control over the masses. You don't even notice when you buy a t-shirt or a mask with a slogan or picture of activist X, and the money from the purchase goes into the seller's pocket, not for the benefit of any movement or charity organization. Moreover, some people themselves climb into the frame to become part of the hypocritical game. Conditional activist E wants to jump above the crowdy protests and become a celebrity activist who cannot be criticized, because they are on a hard mission: they work as the face of informational capitalism, acting as a fearless young hero. Their main product is their pose. At first their face will appear in magazines and on a can of Coke, and then they start expecting to be able to observe real changes in society on the screen of their iPhone, while drinking tequila at a party, but they will only get a punch in the forehead and an unexpected sobering up from the facts: their crown is made from paper and they have become the representatives of the system they hate. Activist E will stop being a real human and turn into dust when the result of their promo will be worn by some trendsetter/influencer. When fake wokeness becomes a sacred corporate trend, even for only fifteen minutes, then there suddenly is nothing to discuss anymore.