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[-] elouboub@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

This argument keeps coming up as an excuse to do nothing.

  • It's not my fault but theirs!
  • Why should I change when they won't?
  • I'm just one person against all these big corps, why try?
  • Even if I stopped, it wouldn't make a difference.

Pure defeatism neglecting even any bit of responsibility.

Yet people who say this will put another child on the planet, buy yet another product from Apple on release, love fast fashion, buy the cheapest goods possible, toss their meal as soon as they're full, vote egoistically, take the cheapest trip to wherever, drive a car, toss cigarette butts on the ground, and so much more.

It's always easier to blame others. Yes, corporations are shit, but remember, they are made up of people like you and I.

WE work there.
WE buy their crap.
WE vote for the same politicians over and over again (or don't vote at all).
WE put another child on this planet to go through this shit.
WE as humans are the problem.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

See, that's your point of view. My point of view is that people who are all doom online are the problem.

[-] sangle_of_flame@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

WE as humans are the problem.

you can count the owners of the entities that produce the most greenhouse gases within 3 digits; it's not "everybody"

[-] parlaptie@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I feel the need to remind people that the concept of the ecological footprint was invented by BP to direct the focus of climate fears away from large corporations and onto individuals.

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