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I’ve personally added solar panels, downsized from 2 cars to 1 ev, planted hundreds of trees (reforesting an acre), stopped eating meat, started composting and
by micromacrofoot 4y ago
I’ve personally added solar panels, downsized from 2 cars to 1 ev, planted hundreds of trees (reforesting an acre), stopped eating meat, started composting and collecting rainwater… and lie awake every night thinking that it’s all basically undone by some senator with 5 houses…
- layer8 4y agoThis is similar to the paradox of voting [1], and it is an important reason why many people don’t do as much, if anything. It depends on the individual’s psychology whether taking such measures are meaningfully beneficial for them personally (as opposed to for society). [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_voting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_voting
- micromacrofoot 4y agoI guess this might also explain a little of why older people vote in greater numbers? They've seen that their vote has an eventual impact, while young people don't have such perspective?
- layer8 4y agoI believe it’s because older people have experienced how politics impacts their live, and because they follow politics more. However they can’t have seen that their individual vote has had a discernible impact, as that would be counterfactual. Voting because you believe your personal vote will change the course of history is objectively irrational — you’re more likely to win the lottery.
- timeon 4y agoMaybe, but in some countries there is also more of them.