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In and of itself? No – having a lush garden or a green lawn is completely optional and serves no functional purpose. And yet the point is definitely (as already
by avgcorrection 4y ago
In and of itself? No – having a lush garden or a green lawn is completely optional and serves no functional purpose. And yet the point is definitely (as already stated) to blame individual “lifestyle choices” (or household choices) and thus divert attention from how society operates overall. So is such a focus worth it? No, because the cost of the propaganda is far greater than the miniscule water gain.
- emodendroket 4y agoI find this discussion tends to go in unsatisfying circles. Yes, any one person’s lifestyle choices are insignificant (well, unless you’re stratospherically wealthy at least). But fostering a shared sense that something needs to be done is not necessarily bad. Furthermore, farmers aren’t growing alfalfa just to gratify themselves but to support patterns of consumption we have come to expect.
- avgcorrection 4y agoNo. I’m not saying that the impact of one person’s lifestyle is miniscule in this context; I’m saying that it is miniscule in aggregate.
- emodendroket 4y agoI don’t see how that changes what I said.