I read an article about Disha Ravi. It mentions she is the sole bread earner of her family. I hope by now you all know how activism benefits & how you make money.
Most social media trends, hashtags are paid propaganda, created by marketing agencies who pay influencers to vomit their idea on YOU.

Be it a new gadget, a new makeup product, a house, a car. You name it, they got it all covered.
The kind of money they invest in it is a fraction of what they will get out from your pockets. In the end, you pay for everything.

I try to make my close ones understand that never go with the trends. They are all lies. Absolute lie.
Activism is a new career opportunity for many. Normal people like you and me spend the prime time of our youth in colleges, work our ass off to earn a decent living.

Activists also work their Aoff just not the way we do it. They create an image of themselves or it is projected.
Projected by big companies who have power. They take money to make you a brand, a face, an influencer.

When young kids see you everywhere, they WILL think oh so popular, he/she must be very good at what they do, isn't it?
If you think being arrested is bad? nope my friend, "arrested because he/she/they went against a giant establishment/government". She must be brave, more power to you.

Then you get an image of a rebel or any image you want for yourself- a young politician, though you are 50,..
To be a leader you might add a few more things, just for the extra crunch-
1.Dalit
2. Dark-skinned
3. Poor father
4. Your ethnicity
5. Your appendix operation (oh so brave)
6. Don't take bath for 2 months
7. Rent clothes from a beggar

That should be fine. Yes, almost there.
Now you add your propaganda ingredients for a perfect outcome-
1. Government bad, Fascist Mudi
2. Sanghi Goons, I am shaking
3. Bajrang Dal teππoπist
4. Gomutra jibes swadanusar
5. Seasoning with farrago English
6. Main ingredient - Brahminical patriarchy
And after all that you'll be ready with a perfect Activist, ready to be served at literature festivals, national televisions, international media, social media platforms!

Serve hot, with a pinch of salt.

You can make other dishes by the same recipe just change 1-2 ingredients.
Brown parents
Kashmir youth
Oppressed Muslim
Headmaster father
Likes Cricket
Pakistan didn't kill my father, war did
Kathua Devisthan rape
Kasab was crying
RSS ki saajish
JNU

Don't consider me delusional if I believe there will be dedicated courses for activism in future.
Now let's make a list of people who opted for activism as a career option. You can add if you can think of any, because I have not googled anything for this tweet (that ended up being a rant thread).

Shehla Rashid
Gurmehar kaur
Kanhaiya Kumar
Umar Khalid
Ayesha Renna
Aishe Ghosh
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