direct actions, squats, rallies, election campaigns "practical stuff"

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You both like activism.

Stranger: you do activism?

You: I suppose

You: Do you?

Stranger: not much atm, i used to

You: which?

Stranger: uh, well, mainly climate stuff, anti-capitalist, feminism...

Stranger: what do you do?

You: lessen extreme poverty

You: I'm a feminist though in a light sense of the term

Stranger: ah, right :)

You: I may be anti-capitalist

You: Thomas Pogge

Stranger: it's a pretty broad term

You: haven't read too much about what he's saying these days though

You: true that

You: although, climate change...I haven't done anything for that

Stranger: what exactly do you mean by lessen extreme poverty, like, rallys, soup kitchens?

You: I live in the US. There is very little extreme poverty--none that I can touch anyway.

You: (here)

You: Just a sec...

You: So, like I was saying, poverty can be divided into two main camps:

You: extreme (e.g., non-US) and relative (e.g., US)

Stranger: so you mainly do things abroad, or?

You: no, that's too costly

You: I give to foreign things, Kiva (miro-loans) or GiveDirectly

You: if you look up Effective Altruism

You: you'll get where I'm coming from

Stranger: right

Stranger: it all sounds super academic compared to what I did

Stranger: I did more direct actions, squats, rallies, election campaigns

Stranger: you know, all the practical stuff :)

You: GiveDirectly is actually more practical

You: the term you mean is "visible"