How do you know what fixes are working if you only read negative things?
A lot of that activism is more performative than practical, judging by voter turnout.
Didn't the last US election have the largest turnout in the past century? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_elections
It did, the activists lost.
How so?
The number of people who perform some kind of activism is way lower than voter turnout. What makes you think there are lots of people who are doing "performative" activism that isn't translating into them voting or otherwise participating in the system?
> What makes you think there are lots of people who are doing "performative" activism that isn't translating into them voting
I don't think that. Activism isn't translating into non-activists voting, hence activism being performative.
Given the activism they're showing in, eg, the US, I think if you read the news, you'd be surprised how wrong you are.
> How can anyone justify reading news that only talk about negative things?
To be aware of them in order to help fix them?