I’ll fully agree that “raising awareness BADLY or raising incorrect awareness is a mistake”. Direct bad action is also a mistake, and neither has anything to do with levels of abstraction or simulacra.
Note that I also agree that there are PLENTY of cases where direct action on a topic is necessary and beneficial, and where “raising awareness” is unnecessary because those who can impact it are already aware, or because the awareness would be misleading.
I don’t think that generalizes at all to “we should not raise awareness” on any (or even most) topics that affect a large swath of humanity. But I’m less sure of that than I was yesterday, so thank you for the discussion.
I’ll fully agree that “raising awareness BADLY or raising incorrect awareness is a mistake”. Direct bad action is also a mistake, and neither has anything to do with levels of abstraction or simulacra.
Note that I also agree that there are PLENTY of cases where direct action on a topic is necessary and beneficial, and where “raising awareness” is unnecessary because those who can impact it are already aware, or because the awareness would be misleading.
I don’t think that generalizes at all to “we should not raise awareness” on any (or even most) topics that affect a large swath of humanity. But I’m less sure of that than I was yesterday, so thank you for the discussion.