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You could use exactly the same argument for not bothering about doing things that pollute, generate landfill, or generally make things worse for society. Its h
by graemep 8mo ago
You could use exactly the same argument for not bothering about doing things that pollute, generate landfill, or generally make things worse for society.
Its highly unlikely your vote will swing an election.
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- poszlem 8mo ago> You could use exactly the same argument for not bothering about doing things that pollute, generate landfill, or generally make things worse for society. Which is why those things need laws to create any meaningful change.
- duskdozer 8mo agoThat's not a justification for participating in them yourself, though.
- cortesoft 8mo agoI could make that exact same argument, and people have been for a long time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons These are all related to the collective action problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem). This is why we have regulations and rules and laws about things like pollution, because we CAN'T rely on everyone wanting to live in a clean world to make everyone not pollute.