TL;DR - talk is easy, but means nothing without action. Like becoming addicted to reading self help books, because it feels like your helping yourself, when really, you're just drowning.

The IDW and the like, they are a mix of edutainment and copium. Sargon did (unsuccessfully) run for government, and did public debates on the streets. Crowder also does public street debates, and does use his lawyer, who is now spending less time on the show, because he's spending more time preparing a significant lawsuit to strike back at one of the tech companies. Crowder also can't get too excited/ stressed anymore since he has a serious heart problem. Pool & Styx are comfortable. Pool plays it up, but he's doing well for himself and is pretty safe.

There is value in what they do, but it means little because no one acts on it. This includes us. There were some successes with GG (such as FTC regulating declaring advertisements), but honestly, the opposition so far has trounced it, because they shamelessly pursue action.

People tend to want others to lead, and they'll follow. If you want something, and no one's leading it, or not doing it well enough, that means you have to. This comes with personal sacrifice. How much is the change you want worth, whether to change now, or what will be?

TL;DR - talk is easy, but means nothing without action

Talking does very little without action. This is the same for GG movement. There were some successes (FTC regulating declaring advertisements), but honestly, the opposition so far has trounced it, because they shamelessly pursue action.

People tend to want others to lead, and they'll follow. If you want something, and no one's leading it, or not doing it well enough, that means you have to. This comes with personal sacrifice. How much is the change you want worth? How much time, money, privacy, and potential safety is it worth giving up, both to change now, and what might be.