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Similar trains of thought: I can’t fix global warming by myself so I’m going to do nothing. Politicians don’t listen to my age group so I don’t vote. I can’t
by ectospheno 11mo ago
Similar trains of thought:
I can’t fix global warming by myself so I’m going to do nothing.
Politicians don’t listen to my age group so I don’t vote.
I can’t donate to every charity so I won’t donate to any.
Everyone else ignores traffic laws so why should I care?
- mmooss 11mo agoThose aren't similar. Those are social goods that require people to do them en masse to work, and defeatist attitudes. In this case, logging off isn't a social good and I'm saying it won't do much. There are ways to maintain privacy, just not this one.
- ectospheno 11mo agoIntelligent people can disagree on the meaning of similar is seems.
- mmooss 11mo agoYet not every disagreement is intelligent.