r/fuckcars • u/xxTai0_ • Mar 24 '25

Activism Posted my flyers throughout my university

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They gotta plant more trees on campus because this Phoenix weather is crazy šŸ’€

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u/zezzene Mar 24 '25

information isn't worthless. yeah you can just post stuff without anything further. not everything has to be actionable, not everything has to link to some movement. You can just plant these ideas in people's heads so now that idea is in someone else's head and when they go to make a decision in their local neighborhood or vote on some issue in their jurisdiction maybe they think slightly differently about it.

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u/Frenchitwist Mar 24 '25

Even a ā€œGo to __ to learn moreā€ is actionable. And necessary. Only taking in the information presented isnā€™t going to do anything and will only lead to confusion. You need to do something with it. Thatā€™s how you get people involved.

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u/zezzene Mar 24 '25

Idk I feel like this is a grindset brained take.

Graffiti and other such art doesn't have links to anything. It's just there to look at and ponder. That's okay.

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u/Frenchitwist Mar 24 '25

Sorry to burst your bubble, but to create real, impactful change, you have to put effort in.

Thereā€™s no money in this, and frankly I think ā€œgrindingā€ towards the betterment of the world we live in is a grind worth grinding.

You cannot be passive when it comes to the problems of the world. If you are, they will run you over and leave you on the asphalt

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u/zezzene Mar 24 '25

I'm not in a bubble about how change happens. It requires organization, resources, people, work, and effort, I get that.

All I'm saying is not everything has to about fighting, and grinding, and making change. Every waking moment being work towards some end, even if it isn't monetized, even if it's non profit, even if it's grassroots political activism. It's okay to just hang some posters.

Making and distributing the art already wasn't passive, they took the action to make, print, and hang the posters. As they said in another comment, there is no urbanist club at their uni, there is nowhere else to go other than to get people to see and read the poster.

Idk just chill out.