What would collective acts of grief look like? Entire processions marching in black? Vigils for those that died of covid? Twitter bots listing their bios and faces for each victim.

We can write entire books on the victims of 9/11 but we have the equivalent of 1 9/11 in victims every month or so and we shrug our shoulders.

  • nine_leven [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Sure, something material might be good for people. Personally I don't consider that "collective grief" and it doesn't sound like what's mentioned in the screenshot.

      • nine_leven [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        It definitely can be, I've certainly been to some funerals/wakes which weren't collective anything other than multiple people went to a place.

        Helping people and using that opportunity to educate them about systemic problems is always good, it's a bit different from whatever the person in OP's screenshot is talking about, which is specific enough to where I wouldn't bother finding whatever else they wrote.