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I feel pretty impotent and helpless clicking an upvote button as my contribution to these types of calamities that I, due to other priorities in my life, can ot

I feel pretty impotent and helpless clicking an upvote button as my contribution to these types of calamities that I, due to other priorities in my life, can otherwise do nothing about. I have almost zero faith in the government to remedy these issues when there is large corporate interest in the status quo.

giraffe_lady 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Blow_Up_a_Pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Blow_Up_a_Pipeline
- JKCalhoun 4y ago
  Sadly, the industry is already "blowing up their own pipeline" so to speak.
- notch898a 4y ago
  The pipeline was successfully blown up. Now it gets carried by trains manned by overworked employees with constant derailments, or by gas guzzling tractor-trailers. Mission accomplished!
wappieslurkz 4y ago
Maybe you can't do much about this directly, but what about being part of the bigger solution by not consuming fish. I get my protein en omega 3 from plant based foods.
- wappieslurkz 4y ago
  *en = and
- chihuahua 4y ago
  Are there good plant-based sources of EPA and DHA?
  - wappieslurkz 4y ago
    Interesting question. There are: https://sunwarrior.com/blogs/health-hub/vegan-dha-omega-3-sources https://sunwarrior.com/blogs/health-hub/vegan-dha-omega-3-so...
myshpa 4y ago
> can otherwise do nothing about You can. Your actions matter. Simply refuse to to participate in that. Even saving a small piece of nature has a meaning. Maybe not to you, but to what is saved it has. If there was no demand, it would not be happening. Your example can help others to see what's wrong with their way of living. If lot of people change, the laws shall be changed. > almost zero faith in the government ... when ..is large corporate interest All (western) governments are puppets of corporate interests. Just look behing most armed conflicts of the last century, and also how are goverments handling the climate crisis. We can expect no meaningful change from their actions. Demand for change must come from the people, and it must come from a significant part of the population (majority is not required, though), otherwise the status quo and business as usual will prevail.

giraffe_lady 4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Blow_Up_a_Pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Blow_Up_a_Pipeline

JKCalhoun 4y ago
Sadly, the industry is already "blowing up their own pipeline" so to speak.
notch898a 4y ago
The pipeline was successfully blown up. Now it gets carried by trains manned by overworked employees with constant derailments, or by gas guzzling tractor-trailers. Mission accomplished!

wappieslurkz 4y ago

Maybe you can't do much about this directly, but what about being part of the bigger solution by not consuming fish. I get my protein en omega 3 from plant based foods.

wappieslurkz 4y ago
*en = and
chihuahua 4y ago
Are there good plant-based sources of EPA and DHA?
- wappieslurkz 4y ago
  Interesting question. There are: https://sunwarrior.com/blogs/health-hub/vegan-dha-omega-3-sources https://sunwarrior.com/blogs/health-hub/vegan-dha-omega-3-so...

myshpa 4y ago

> can otherwise do nothing about You can. Your actions matter. Simply refuse to to participate in that. Even saving a small piece of nature has a meaning. Maybe not to you, but to what is saved it has. If there was no demand, it would not be happening. Your example can help others to see what's wrong with their way of living. If lot of people change, the laws shall be changed. > almost zero faith in the government ... when ..is large corporate interest All (western) governments are puppets of corporate interests. Just look behing most armed conflicts of the last century, and also how are goverments handling the climate crisis. We can expect no meaningful change from their actions. Demand for change must come from the people, and it must come from a significant part of the population (majority is not required, though), otherwise the status quo and business as usual will prevail.