one comment that came up in the context of yet another of the Blizzard scandals – “You, as an individual, boycotting Blizzard will have no noticeable effect on their bottom line, BUT it will have far more of an effect on your ability to live with yourself.”
People doing something SHOULD feel good, because they are trying, even if it fails, if that’s a ‘cope’ than whatever. Would you rather the world burn and everyone still be a dick?
I didn’t say they should do things because they feel good, but it’s natural to feel good if you’ve done something that helps others. My mom drilled it in my head well, that we do what’s right because it’s the right thing to do, not for any reward even praise or celebrity or whatever.
The path to power in some is indeed determined by elections. Not all, and some countries are mixed, like the US, where gerrymandering limits the impact of elections in large areas
I saw an research years ago saying that donating for a ngo or militating politically in a party was more effective than recycling or going vegetarian. This issue would not be fixed individually as neo liberalism tries to sell to us, we have to make big polluters accountable and also, transitioning to green energy is expensive, only governments and big companies can do it
Hey! You’re just like me! A vegetarian with a minimalist lifestyle! It might not help the planet much, but it certainly helps my bank account. I own a house and have 6 figures in savings while most people my age are still paying off student loans.
Consumerism and living in constant debt are just too normalized. The very idea of companies like uber eats blows my mind, and yet it’s a successful company. Not only are you going to pay a lot of money for something you could make yourself for very little, but you’re also going to pay even more for someone to bring it to you when getting it yourself is essentially free?? I’m not being cheap, I’m being efficient! How many companies need to be put in-between you and eating food?
You can’t expect to fix systemic problems with individual action. But you can hope to. Hope is a powerful motivator even if it is not necessarily rational. We rarely run on logic, usually action is spurred by our emotions.
Accepting defeat is counterproductive. Progress is made by people being willing to fight for their ideas whether in a metaphorical or a real sense. People died to fight for a 40 hour work week. People died to fight against slavery. People died to fight for democracy and free speech.
Or more accurately, they were and continue to be killed (sacrificed) in an attempt to uphold the status quo.
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one comment that came up in the context of yet another of the Blizzard scandals – “You, as an individual, boycotting Blizzard will have no noticeable effect on their bottom line, BUT it will have far more of an effect on your ability to live with yourself.”
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People doing something SHOULD feel good, because they are trying, even if it fails, if that’s a ‘cope’ than whatever. Would you rather the world burn and everyone still be a dick?
i think we should organize better to have actual impact as a group.
we are many and they are a few, the idiots in the middle can always be swayed to the side of truth.
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I didn’t say they should do things because they feel good, but it’s natural to feel good if you’ve done something that helps others. My mom drilled it in my head well, that we do what’s right because it’s the right thing to do, not for any reward even praise or celebrity or whatever.
Yes, we can; and we do it by achieving the power to set the rules of society so that people do the right thing by default, whether or not they care
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This depends a lot upon which country.
The path to power in some is indeed determined by elections. Not all, and some countries are mixed, like the US, where gerrymandering limits the impact of elections in large areas
If we win this, it’ll be due to the effort of people like you making that sacrifice, so thank you.
I saw an research years ago saying that donating for a ngo or militating politically in a party was more effective than recycling or going vegetarian. This issue would not be fixed individually as neo liberalism tries to sell to us, we have to make big polluters accountable and also, transitioning to green energy is expensive, only governments and big companies can do it
Hey! You’re just like me! A vegetarian with a minimalist lifestyle! It might not help the planet much, but it certainly helps my bank account. I own a house and have 6 figures in savings while most people my age are still paying off student loans.
Consumerism and living in constant debt are just too normalized. The very idea of companies like uber eats blows my mind, and yet it’s a successful company. Not only are you going to pay a lot of money for something you could make yourself for very little, but you’re also going to pay even more for someone to bring it to you when getting it yourself is essentially free?? I’m not being cheap, I’m being efficient! How many companies need to be put in-between you and eating food?
You can’t expect to fix systemic problems with individual action. But you can hope to. Hope is a powerful motivator even if it is not necessarily rational. We rarely run on logic, usually action is spurred by our emotions.
Accepting defeat is counterproductive. Progress is made by people being willing to fight for their ideas whether in a metaphorical or a real sense. People died to fight for a 40 hour work week. People died to fight against slavery. People died to fight for democracy and free speech.
Or more accurately, they were and continue to be killed (sacrificed) in an attempt to uphold the status quo.