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I understand where you're coming from, and I can't blame you in the slightest.

However, I also understand why someone might feel overwhelmed by all the bad stuff happening out there. And we can treat it as an individual moral failure and just complain about how everyone is burying their heads in distraction... or we can treat it as a systemic issue and solve it.

You've already made the first step of implicitly asking "why don't petitions on more pressing issues get traction?", and now it's time to look for an answer beyond the simple "bread and circuses".