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I've considered stuff like this a lot lately, as there seems to be a lot of hypocrisy amongst commonly held positions (including mine). I find it odd that peop
by billti 5y ago
I've considered stuff like this a lot lately, as there seems to be a lot of hypocrisy amongst commonly held positions (including mine).
I find it odd that people who truly believe in evolution, and that humans are just smarter animals, and that animals are also capable of sensing pain and emotion, can be deeply concerned (rightfully) about things such as trans rights, gender discrimination, etc. for humans (that are very high on "Maslow's hierarchy"), and yet are perfectly content to pay for meat they know was the product of an industry which is pretty horrific in its treatment of billions of cows, pigs, etc. a year.
Similarly, I have friends who regularly rail against the "wealthy" and how it's immoral to have so much money when people are suffering in poverty. Then the same day will go spend $200 on a handbag or $20 on a cocktail or $1000 on a weekend getaway to Hawaii without blinking, knowing full well those unnecessary purchases cost as much as several meals or vaccines for those less fortunate people that the "rich" should be taxed to help.
How do so many people act contradictory to their stated positions? Are they dishonest with themselves? Haven't thought it through? Or do people just want the world to be a better place... as long as it's not an inconvenience for them personally?
- shadilay 5y agoObjective analysis is proportional to the distance from the observer.
- bckr 5y ago> Are they dishonest with themselves? Haven't thought it through? Or do people just want the world to be a better place... as long as it's not an inconvenience for them personally? All of the above plus performative outrage / signaling. I'm definitely a healthier person after getting off social media and honestly just caring a lot less about my stances on things and whether they're perfect and holy.
- marcus_holmes 5y ago> I'm definitely a healthier person after getting off social media This. So much. Facebook was destroying my mental health.
- ttt0 5y ago> are perfectly content to pay for meat they know was the product of an industry which is pretty horrific in its treatment of billions of cows, pigs, etc. a year. If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound? What do you think happens to animals in the wilderness? Do you think they live a happy life, retire and have a peaceful death among the loved ones? The answer is no, they get brutally murdered by a bigger animal. Did you ever have a cat and witnessed how they can torture a mouse? That's just the world we live in. I can't change it, and no one can, it's just how it works. Am I supposed to cry in the corner about this unfortunate reality? So yeah, I'm perfectly fine with killing animals for food, as long as it's not done in a dumb way ie. making them go extinct, or in some sadistic manner. So I guess the answer to your question is that I try to have a realistic worldview and not just what sounds nice. The universe doesn't care about hypocrisy, morality or principles. It's really good to organize a society around it and it's good to have principles, because we have to somehow live with each other, but that's not what it's about.
- gbear605 5y agoAnimals in the wild live a much nicer life than most animals in factory farms today. It’s not a 1-1 comparison at all, just because both can be brutal.