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No social movement in history has ever been powered by people being considerate about their consumption patterns. I'm not saying it's a waste of effort, but I a
by diogenes4 3y ago
No social movement in history has ever been powered by people being considerate about their consumption patterns. I'm not saying it's a waste of effort, but I am saying this is unlikely to be sufficient to any cause. In fact, I'd posit that it has a far greater (and largely negative) impact on your life than it has a positive one on other peoples' lives.
- yesfitz 3y agoAs a counterpoint, here's a brief history of social movements that were powered (in part) by considerate consumption patterns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott They were organized of course, which starts by communicating your cause and action to other individuals.
- diogenes4 3y agoBoycotts are precisely the type of ineffective political action to which I'm referring, so I'm not sure i understand your point.
- developer93 3y agoTo pick an extreme example, should you steal something that's lying out in the open in a dodgy area because someone else will if you don't? Some things you do for yourself, and an action isn't required to have an effect for it to be moral.