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why even bother trying to solve this through individual consumer purchasing habits, all it accomplishes is turning powerless common folk against each other
by wahnfrieden 4y ago
why even bother trying to solve this through individual consumer purchasing habits, all it accomplishes is turning powerless common folk against each other
- ed312 4y agoIt seems like that, for most partisans and politicians, is exactly the point.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoyes, why do you think for instance big oil was behind (as in campaigns, big funding) promoting plastics recycling and getting everyone to focus on that and their neighbors' behaviors. it's valuable to give people a framework they can follow to correct a problem and feel satisfied or feel enraged at their neighbor with zero systemic impact besides enabling unchecked greed at scale