Comment by JumpCrisscross

> Do you think the current anti-ICE movement would have happened without social media?

Yes. There is a reason Minnesota is effectively resisting in a way Los Angeles failed to.

Once you have a movement, social media mobilizes. But if you’re building a movement, you need footwork and commitment. Not profiteers turning your cause into clicks.

> Or Jan 6th, or all the Palestine protests

Case in point. Support for each of their underlying causes dipped with notoriety around their online activity.

If you want to drain a movement of effective energy, distract it online from its streets.