RE: Between One Line

> while we probably have more access to participate now, I reckon less of us actually are being part of the things that we love I know you're probably speaking a lot more generally but please allow me to introduce you to fanartists and fanwriters XD _{there are very specific people I do actually wish would participate a lot less x_x} > if we have to spend a lot of time and energy fighting just to survive daily life, how will we have enough left over to spend on what actually matters to us? I remember trying to explain to someone that a "conspiracy theory" (may not be a conspiracy) that I have harboured for a while is that governments very deliberately go out of their way to make things as difficult as possible to pretty much guarantee that most of the population will make the absolute most stupidest decisions ever that favours whatever bullshit the governments want to force through at the time. > it could be that this is part of the reason that people are not participating and are becoming pure consumers and users alone Pretty much, and also why some "kids these days" have zero work ethic. > there could be a huge amount of improvement made where we are active participants in our fields of interest, rather than scraping the bottom of the barrel by scrolling through feed after feed in the hope of finding something that delivers us into a better experience Definitely true, though the expenses and obstacles constantly in the way can make it seem impossible sometimes. I figure if we keep trying it motivates other people to try too and we get somewhere eventually. _{Posted via [HiveSuite](https://hivesuite.app/@ryivhnn/9s0xlsx7)}