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[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

Genuinely curious, as I truly don't know, has a change.org petition ever made a positive difference when fighting billionaires?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

That's not necessarily the point. Organizing political action has many components and if the IA want these signatures, perhaps they need them. This is not necessarily the same as a random person making a random petition on change.org.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

It's still a change.org petition, which as far as I've ever seen or heard, merely grants the petition to be responded to by the president if it gets enough signatures (unless I am confusing it with another petition thing?). And the current president could not give less of a fuck.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

unless I am confusing it with another petition thing?

Yes. Obama had a petition thing directly on the Whitehouse website, and he would respond to those that got enough signatures. Trump obviously deleted it.

My general opinion of change.org is that it's just a placebo for people to feel like they're doing something productive when they should be calling their relevant political representatives, instead.

However, since the IA appears to have started this petition themselves, I agree with the other commenter that...

if the IA want these signatures, perhaps they need them.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My general opinion of change.org is that it's just a placebo for people to feel like they're doing something productive when they should be calling their relevant political representatives, instead.

This is precisely why I asked the question, because I feel the same way.

I do wonder still if there is any way this petition could actually be useful for IA, though. My hopes are not high.

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