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here you have it folks the most purposefully oblivious statement made on the fediverse today.
dude thinks corporations, whose purpose is to increase shareholder value, are the same as individuals who mostly strive to provide roofs, food, clothing, education and safety to their families, who do not have the time or ability to decide if they're going to take their horse and buggy to the fields to gather crops, but rather must drive to walmart for hamburger helper. individuals have choices, and bear responsibility in the places they choose to spend their money, but when every choice is whittled down by the corporations which have been polluting the planet for the last 300 years, and the governments who purposefully prosper from the same, the point that straws being held up as some sort of shiboleth, and that personal responsibility in retail choices is equal in corporate responsibility in wholesale worldwide pollution, is purposefully fucking obtuse.
motherfucker.
Good points, although quite a hard to read format. Companies do often narrow choices down substantially. Especially in terms of food, the amount of ultra processed foods available in the US is astounding, and it is a much easier choice for the family with no money to choose the unsustainable, unhealthy but easy and cheap meal. And for the people who can’t afford the luxury of real choice in where they source their food, they share much much less blame.
But it is a hard task to find someone who is willing to take the first step and reduce their environmental impact when those around them do not, when someone is told their actions have no impact, the choice and the effort and often the cost seem pointless. And maybe it is, maybe we should all give up and succumb to the climate and environmental disaster we are building up to. It will come either way now, we can’t stop it. But to take the stance that individual choices will not make a difference so why bother is selfish. We can all do our part to make the world a better place, you might not think so but it’s true. And it requires hard work and dedication. And it won’t be easy and we will face an environmental catastrophe. But we can still do our part to make this world better.
My original comment was in poor taste perhaps. I don’t mean to say that corporations take no blame, or that companies take less blame. But that we must also take some blame. Us, our parents, our grandparents all played a part in the world and we are all responsible for our own actions. Why not try and change your ways for the better, even if it is futile, at least you will have done your part.