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> and slightly increasing the profit margin is for him worth more then a some people dying The same argument likely applies to you (assuming you are in a wealt
by robocat 2y ago
> and slightly increasing the profit margin is for him worth more then a some people dying
The same argument likely applies to you (assuming you are in a wealthy nation) so you are likely just as ruthless::
We could all slightly decrease our disposable incomes (spent on shit we don't need) and increase the life expectancy or QoL for someone in a poor country.
Me too: I spent thousands on a holiday (profit for my soul) and I didn't give the money to a worthy charity. I'm no fan of Musk, but I think there's better arguments for dumping on him if you really need to do that.
- dathinab 2y agoI don't think such out of context nihilistic arguments are helpful at all, actually I'm pretty sure they are harmful to getting any change done. I also never said there aren't many other things bad about Musk. And comparing doing decisions out of greed which will straight forward risk the live of many and you aren't even gaining that much from it (compared with what you already do gain from the same source) with "we as a society could if we where a hive mind life more frugal and help another society else where" is just a very pointless thing. But even if they where the same, what does that change, just because you also do something bad doesn't mean it's less bad or more tolerable or should be tolerated. > We could all slightly decrease our disposable incomes (spent on shit we don't need) and increase the life expectancy or QoL for someone in a poor country. But we can't, or more specifically any specific individual can't, they can at best try to influence things by voting with their money and votes. But that is a completely different context. And that doesn't mean you shouldn't spend you money with care and donate money if you can afford it.