Wooden plaque that had the words “I swear it was clean yesterday.” From my dad.
I’m not one for impractical clutter. And my dad could be very judgemental. Why I would want an ugly handmade plaque that would imply I was messy, lazy, and dishonest about it?
If anything they’re the opposite. The petitions themselves are not binding, and if they’re not directly to institutions then they’re probably not even noticed.
…but they do convince signers that they’ve ‘done something’, the catharsis of which makes them less likely to do something that actually matters.
28% of Americans thing he’s been good for the economy. 31% of Americans voted for him… There’s some shift and ‘buyers remorse’, sure. But not as much as numbers alone imply.
I think most of the people who’ve been deceived by the rhetoric are too committed. They’d rather convince themselves that their economic pain will serve some greater good, even if they can’t see what that is yet.