I just don’t understand the “this approach is imperfect therefore we should do nothing” mindset. Yet it’s so common these days. Is it just nihilism? Learned hel

I just don’t understand the “this approach is imperfect therefore we should do nothing” mindset. Yet it’s so common these days. Is it just nihilism? Learned helplessness? By all means go solve plastics some other way and educate us all. But there really isn’t any value in just declaring entire methodologies useless because they don’t always produce unmitigated good outcomes. For grounding, here are treaties that made a material difference: - The Montreal protocol made a huge difference in reducing CFCs and other ozone destroying chemicals. If you’re old enough to remember “the ozone hole”, this is why you don’t hear it now. Google for reductions in skin cancer attributed to the treaty. - Conventional on Tabacco Control is only 20 years old but has made huge reductions in tobacco addiction and cancer reduction - High Seas treaty is even newer but already reducing overfishing in almost half of the ocean Do you really want to give up and throw those kinds of things out just because some jerks put on a sham treaty show in this instance?