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Studies show that they don't, tho.
talking about things on social media down regulates the desires that drive change, without changing anything
People active on social media about politics are significantly less likely to participate in real-world action than people who are less active on social media.
Google scholar has literal pages of highly correlated and peer-reviewed studies