This and all the cancel type activists seem like an extraordinary case of “do-something-itis”. How does it impact Ukrainians if a cat competition bans the bree

This and all the cancel type activists seem like an extraordinary case of “do-something-itis”. How does it impact Ukrainians if a cat competition bans the breed “Russian Blue”[1]? As others on this thread have pointed out, an anonymous call from a foreign stranger is extremely unlikely to change minds on a political issue (we can’t even change the political opinions of family members at Thanksgiving Dinner). Seems like a waste of effort. Doing something meaningful is HARD. You can’t just make a phone call or a tweet or TikTok or put a Ukrainian flag emoji in your social media profile. Acting out like pouring out Russian vodka may actually be harming people who support your cause; maybe the CEO of the vodka company is a Putin opponent. Maybe the vodka isn’t even from Russia [2](most isn’t). You don’t know. You can’t know how your virtue signaling is going to harm people, but I promise you it’s not going accomplish your stated goals (prove me wrong with a counter-example showing how this stopped a war). At best, it will make already like minded people like you more. You have to obtain political power which is mostly done by organizing other like minded people and/or donations to influencable people with power. You have to amass enough power to make the change you want effected. Then you have to wield that power effectively, and hope that your opponents aren’t more successful in their opposing activities. There’s no short cut. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chinas-social-media-obsesses-russian-cats-being-banned-from-competitions-2022-3 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chinas-social-media-obses... [2] https://www.newsweek.com/officials-pour-out-vodka-protest-war-dont-use-russian-brands-1686000 https://www.newsweek.com/officials-pour-out-vodka-protest-wa...