I wish people would stop with the whole “X is a distraction from Y” thing. It’s too optimistic: It makes it sound like the reason people aren’t “doing something

I wish people would stop with the whole “X is a distraction from Y” thing. It’s too optimistic: It makes it sound like the reason people aren’t “doing something” about Y is because they’re distracted by X, when in reality people have no ability to stop X or Y and are just helplessly and knowingly watching both happen.