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That seems like something of a defeatist argument, considering everything from the phone the person would be pulling out of their pocket to the pants the pocket
by sethhochberg 9y ago
That seems like something of a defeatist argument, considering everything from the phone the person would be pulling out of their pocket to the pants the pocket is in to the shoes that are being tied to the door they're getting ready to walk out of was probably, in some form, produced by an unfair labor market or a company who has a less-than-stellar environmental record.
Removing a single consumer electronic device from your life isn't going to impact those global markets - they're problems best tackled at a different scale.
- Teichopsia 9y agothey're problems best tackled at a different scale. I'm curious. Which way?
- Odin78 9y agoI'm not sethhochberg, but if I had to guess: Government regulations.
- naturalgradient 9y ago'Removing a single consumer electronic device from your life isn't going to impact those global markets' <- Indeed it will not. Only if society begins viewing owning and using resources differently (which will happen eventually once certain resources get scarce), change will happen. This is why I am so pessimistic about humanity. It's an outrageous opinion to sacrifice even a bit of convenience for not using resources. I see the angry downvotes pouring in on my previous post because (unsurprisingly) people get angry at having their consumerist lifestyle criticised.
- euyyn 9y agoFor the record, I downvoted you and am not angry at all about your posts.
- naturalgradient 9y agoAnd how is this contributing to the debate?