Article in FAIR by Rainl Lipsitz, 1/17/25

Headline:  “Diagnosing Activist Burnout, Elite Media Fuel It”

“Ten months before the 2024 election, high-profile news outlets were already sounding the alarm: If Trump were to win another term, widespread fatigue, despair and activist burnout would probably minimize resistance.

“Exhaustion and burnout are real phenomena that pose a significant challenge to political movements (Psychology Today, 6/24/20). But articles that focus on feelings of burnout, and exclude or downplay questions of changes in strategy amid shifting conditions, often have the effect—and occasionally the goal—of making everyday people seem and feel less powerful than they are.”

https://fair.org/home/diagnosing-activist-burnout-elite-media-fuel-it/