The Global Petition: How Millions Click to Save the World (Or Pretend To)
The Petition: A Global Ritual in the Age of Empty Gestures By “Not Enough Signatures” McAllister, International Affairs Desk GENEVA—Somewhere between the morning espresso and the 11 a.m. existential crisis, the modern citizen reaches for the last tool of self-respect left in the diplomatic toolkit: the petition. In 2024, this humble scroll of grievances—now pixelated,…