Information that is properly distilled is a weapon. Dissemination of that distilled information is useful.
This is a spiritual war and a war for hearts and minds.
It also lets off a lot of steam that could have been channeled into traditional offline activism.
Remember that sap Thomas Paine who wasted so much time writing Common Sense?
What good did it do?
Hardly anyone even gave it a second glance; and it certainly never spurred anyone to action.
I mean, really....