This cartoon from The Seattle Times illustrates how America's economic pizza is actually sliced per capita, highlighting the massive disparity between the Top 1%, the merely wealthy, the upper middle class, and the lower 50%.
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2026
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I'm pointing out that the "little things" don't actually shake the bird cage. At best they just make some noise.
Besides, shaking the bird cage only annoys or maybe hurts the birds. You need to open the door to actually free them from the cage.
Dismissing the average person doing small things is incredibly disingenuous of you, let alone anyone, to believe.
I'm hoping it motivates people to do more, if they truly believe in effecting change.
I don't expect them to like me for it.
Affecting change*. If you're gonna criticize people from doing little things to shake up the system at least be literate.
Some people can't do more. Some people don't have the means to do more. People on disability don't have the financial means to do more. So little things like spending less at mega corps vs supporting local is a little thing they can do. I won't expect someone with severe PTSD who is on permanent disability like my actual partner is from trying to start a unionized business. But they can certainly try and spend less at the major grocery corporations.
But I'm curious. What are you doing to change society, other than vomiting bullshit on the Internet and claiming the high ground?
I'm not criticizing people for doing little things.
I'm criticizing people for over inflating those little things. I'm criticizing people for telling themselves and others, those little things are going to "shake the system".
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