@AnarchoNinaWrites
I think it can really help people to think in terms of *cost*, as you say.

It can feel like it's not worth doing something if you won't "win" in some definable way, so it's hard to adjust to the attitude that you don't have to get a "win" per se to (for instance) use up resources, manpower, etc.

I suspect a lot of people struggle to take meaningful action because they can't really picture anything between "polite protest" & "storming the gates".

@artemis @AnarchoNinaWrites
Some of the issue is that if we don't *win*, the trauma doesn't stop (though it might slow down, weaken, or change form). At least, "the trauma stops" is how *I'd* define a win big enough to count.

And yes, it doesn't help that there isn't much I can think of in terms of in-between steps that I'm not already doing (seriously, I've never been employed because our socioeconomic system is *that bad*; how am I supposed to participate in a general strike?).