"The generally tired and narcissistic aspect of this protest, which harkens back to the larger yet equally ineffectual Occupy movement, speaks to XR being more of a kind of performance art â a media spectacle or late-stage ritual to keep a certain cultural subset of the society in a state of placated nostalgia. The activists in this movement do not emanate any sense of genuine rebellion, many of them resembling a gang of JK Rowling enthusiasts protesting during their corporate-cubicle lunch break. They have a desire to feel like effective âactivistsâ, but they will ultimately affect nothing, being generally 50 years too late."
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Brendan Heard, XR is not a protest group, but a vanity project for a liberal middle class that soon wonât exist at all, RT, 22 September 2021
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