Is Backlash Useful?
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This essay examines the positive and negative societal effects of public backlash.
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This essay examines the results of public backlash and its effects on protest culture.
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Is Backlash Helpful or Harmful?
If the backlash is the result of the futile preservation of antiquated "quid pro quo" thoughts and ideas, then yes, backlash is crucial. A system's strength lies, primarily, in its capacity for change.
If backlash refers to using the chaos it can create to instigate change (see the Hong Kong protests in 2019), it can become a very heavy, very dull sword. Does it cause harm? Usually. However, without the call for change being loud, destructive, expensive, and damaging, the effect it has vs. the effect desired is always proven extreme. We are a world bent on ensuring that our ...
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