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> The really, really big problem is that people seem to think that they personally are going to be exempt from this Is that a bigger problem than people who se
by drewcoo 4y ago
> The really, really big problem is that people seem to think that they personally are going to be exempt from this
Is that a bigger problem than people who seem to think that they personally are saving the planet by their own actions?
I honestly can't tell the difference between treating gun crimes with thoughts and prayers and stopping global warming by taking personal responsibility. Nether is effective. Both seem delusional. Oh, and those two activities belong to different parts of the political divide. The problem is not "those people" so much as it's humanity, all of us.
- ben_w 4y agoInteresting analogy. I'd say that it's more akin to trying to solve gun crime by refusing to own a gun: the only reason it won't work is that it needs everyone to do that, and if merely 0.1% of the population defect (in the game theory sense), that leads to the bad outcome.