[vagrantstreet]

Or words such as "rise up" "fight the oppression".

Resistance sounds like some shortform offensive action, I'd prefer something more long term that shows a better path or what you're missing out on. The people I see who uses aggressive language like that aren't who I want to be around with ironically enough.

[simon666]

To my ear "rise up" and anything with "oppression" also have the negative connotations that aren't particularly useful. Both expressions are old, associated with a generic and unsuccessful leftist movement in the US. Additionally, "oppression" has the same problems as "resist" in that it makes one sound like a victim and a complainer. That's not to say the meaning of "oppression" is bad; roughly: undue or unjust restriction on freedom. In the US it's better to use the language of liberty. So instead of talking about "oppression" one should just articulate threats to liberty and freedom, particular from the government writ large or the Federal government in particular.

[vagrantstreet]

It would help a lot to show what someone is missing out, I can't really fathom how the world would look like if taxes we're laser focus on solving issues instead of being pocketed in shady ways.

Like it would be nice for useful services to be made and people having a reason to protect/maintain them, something that goes both ways no? But overall it's either rage or apathy. And you know it's strange how corporations always pivot fast to what people want during a crisis, why not just be like that by default? It's disturbing and I don't know how long this can keep up