You can’t… that’s my point. I’m really confused about what you’re trying to say here. If you don’t think that doing all of the other actions I mentioned are a sacrifice, I’m not sure I can help you see any of the points I’m trying to make. Sure those actions are not as visible as protesting, but people do them every day, and that’s where change starts.

A few years ago a small group of transit riders in my area teamed up to put pressure on local governments to provide free transit to children. With enough pressure those municipalities came together and agreed to do it, and now we see free transit for children across our province. This wasn’t done through “passionless inaction” but the hard work of people spreading awareness and putting pressure on their local governments. They continue to spread their message to improve transit by attending rallies and protests, but the majority of their work is behind the scenes. This might look like inaction to you, I guess, if you are not a part of one of those communities.