armchair activism
Lazy political engagement
Armchair activism is political or social engagement that requires no real effort or sacrifice—signing online petitions, sharing posts, changing profile pictures.
The term is dismissive, suggesting that such actions substitute for meaningful involvement: Retweeting isn't going to change anything—it's just armchair activism.
Also called slacktivism.
- slacktivismEffortless digital cause support
- hashtagLabeled link for posts
- petitionFormal written appeal
- keyboard warriorCombative online arguer
- social justice warriorPejorative for progressive activist
virtue signaling · clicktivism · couch · social media · retweet · share · like · awareness · online · performative · moral high ground · lazy · comfortable · trending · outrage · scrolling · thoughts and prayers · profile picture
- outrage culturerage bait, outrage porn, outrage cycle, viral outrage, virtue signaling
armchair activismstreet protest
Public demonstration against authority
direct action · marching · civil disobedience · picketing · sit-ins
armchair activismmartyrdom
Suffering for conviction
self-immolation · underground resistance · whistleblowing · self-sacrifice · sabotage
armchair activismlabor organizing
Workers forming collective bargaining units
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