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Re: push against bc of futility This is the most annoying and concerning narrative; "It doesn't matter because China has coal plants", from groups that traditi
by smileysteve 3y ago
Re: push against bc of futility
This is the most annoying and concerning narrative; "It doesn't matter because China has coal plants", from groups that traditionally tout " personal responsibility" and "individual action". The U.S. is full of entrepreneurial, innovatives leaders - movements start with individuals, businesses start with an idea, but they want to quit without trying.
- illiac786 3y agoI wouldn't call it especially concerning, I think it's very classic human laziness hiding behind arguments which themselves are lazy. You can find the same behaviour in the face of any required effort, starting at two years of age... But the amount of laziness displayed when arguing this way does make my blood boil sometimes, it's almost insulting. Laziness is one of the reasons I think we are in a very bad position. Humans need immediate rewards to do anything, at most it has to be a couple of months away. The rest are an infinitesimal exceptional population, the mass is what counts. To save ourselves (and the planet) we need to: 1. Sacrifice for a long time, with no rewards before a very long time. 2. Trust that everyone will sacrifice as much without being able to check or, alternatively, accept some will just not do their share. All things humans are historically really really bad at. Although I hate it does, this makes be all doom&gloom I must admit...