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I think attempting to use few words misrepresents me. I'm all about making space for collective action. I'm all about not dooming to despair. But the celebration aspect has always irritated me. I think many activists give up when they don't see short term "success" and I guess my point in this is you have to move beyond that and keep going. But for me (I realise this is personal) branding things as successes when they are not is not helpful and not motivating.
And, I'm not taking offence, but your second half comes across quite patronising.
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Getting people engaged, and giving them a space where they can feel they're contributing and not just lost, isn't a small thing. Modern life tends to put people in a context where they feel lost and powerless, which is not a context where they're the best people they could be. Enabling them to work together constructively isn't trivial.
You're needlessly dooming yourself to despair if that becomes your outlook. Even a healthy society would be one that requires regular engagement and action. New challenges arise, existing ones turn out to be more complicated than you thought. Society is a thing people create and participate in.