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If you want to talk about people being triggered then I may as well talk about virtue signalling but it won't lead to an interesting discussion. People in priv
by brigandish 5y ago
If you want to talk about people being triggered then I may as well talk about virtue signalling but it won't lead to an interesting discussion.
People in privileged positions often talk about making small sacrifices to fulfil some grand end. It always impacts the least privileged the most, whether that be through poverty or something like old age. We've just had 2 years of it with the pandemic, and now we're seeing it with war, and you've extended it to the boycott of a company providing a very necessary resource.
> it would only impact 10% of demand
What would it do to prices? My advice to you is to try imagining what it's like to run out of money before the end of the month and have to freeze your way to the next, then as an elderly person. The path to hell is paved with good intentions.