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I low key hate that comic. It makes a false equivalency. Recognizing a car could be safer isn't contradicted by owning one. If anything, ownership should give
by bena 3y ago
I low key hate that comic. It makes a false equivalency.
Recognizing a car could be safer isn't contradicted by owning one. If anything, ownership should give you more insight into the material problems of the item in question.
Likewise, society is just everything. So suggesting improvements isn't contradictory.
However, there is some hypocrisy in lambasting the maker of the very luxury goods you purchase for exploiting people. You are kind of justifying the companies' exploitation by purchasing from them. And you can advocate for change from these makers without supporting them with your money.
And some people do come with the attitude of "I don't want to change a single thing about my behaviors or sacrifice a single thing, but I expect the world to get better somehow."
- plasmatix 3y agoI think you’re misunderstanding the comic. I’ve always taken it to be exactly what you’re saying, thus the “I am very intelligent”. Because he’s not.
- mega_dingus 3y agoThe linked article explains exactly this
- bena 3y agoBut it’s the “I am very intelligent” guy in every panel. The comic itself implies the first panel and final panel are the same criticism. And if you point out any hypocrisy in a person’s action, someone will trot this out as if we can never call out people for contributing to a problem they are complaining about even if contributing is completely optional.
- ta1243 3y agoYour option for a phone is either google or apple. A phone is an essential part of life. No matter which phone is chosen you can call someone a hypocrite for thinking that both google and apple ceos are overpaid. The illusion of a free market is no defence.
- mega_dingus 3y agoYou keep referring to that comic. I do not think it means what you think it means.