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There's a difference between asking everyone in society to give up something equally small (this was arguably true of the restrictions on incandescent bulbs tha
by hyperpape 8y ago
There's a difference between asking everyone in society to give up something equally small (this was arguably true of the restrictions on incandescent bulbs that went into effect roughly ten years ago), and putting a disproportionate burden on people who are already disadvantaged and actively discriminated against.
My point isn't "never do anything small", it's "find something else to do that doesn't hurt people who really deserve better".
- justinator 8y agoYou're framing plastic straws as an inalienable right. I'm saying we can live without them; we did before and for most of recorded human history. This isn't an impossible problem to solve.
- hyperpape 8y agoFor much of human history, we let disabled people die, murdered them as children, or treated them like animals. Any appeal to what we did for most of human history is worthless. The question is, given modern technology, how can we do best for all of us?