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Cake day: June 16th, 2023
  • speff@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmy.ml•Lemmy users are like
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    1 year ago

    Not sure if you’re actually trying to understand what I wrote, but I’m not trying to find someone to blame - I’ve already found them. I’m not trying to effect change - I’d become a politician or teacher if I wanted to do that. These are just observations.

    And it’s interesting that “people who actually want to affect change” wouldn’t want to try to tackle the actual problems. I guess it’s easier to point to single-target big bad entities rather than a more vague entity like…everyone. Also it is easier to pretend people don’t have agency, isn’t it?

  • speff@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmy.ml•Lemmy users are like
    47·
    1 year ago

    I’m saying “individual” action is the problem. When an “individual” buys bottled water, or buys some cheap shit from Temu which will break in 2 days, or throws cardboard in the trash instead of recycling, everything becomes just a little bit worse.

    It’s not an individual. Every time you see that word, you can safely multiply it by a couple hundred million and see the actual almost-daily effect of what an “individual” does. A billionaire flying one leg of a private flight 10 miles? Who fucking cares compared to the bigger picture?

  • speff@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmy.ml•Lemmy users are like
    813·
    1 year ago

    1. Biden’s a good president

    2. I like cars

    3. Food isn’t expensive if you buy chicken/pork on sale

    4. Corpo greed / cost cutting / layoffs is driven by ruthless consumer demand for cheaper products over all else. Rather than pointing to faceless organizations looking for a boogieman, people should look in a mirror.

    5. Elections are won by voting

    On some self reflection, #3 and #4 is pretty closely related. Something something no margin for small farmers I think. Ah well, everyone’s a hypocrite - including me.