• The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    “We can’t make our own phones, so there’s literally nothing we can do!”

    Do you have a plant based diet, or try to reduce meat consumption to the best of your abilities?

    Do you walk or take public transport when you could walk?

    Do you avoid buying things you do not need?

    If you answered “yes” to all that, then congratulations! You are part of a different 1%, and you are also just arguing for the sake of arguing.

    If you answered “no”, then you’re part of the problem. You can pretend otherwise all you want, but you are one cog that keeps the system going. The system isn’t magical, other wordly, or some fundamental law of the universe. The system is people and their choices.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah to those 3.

      However, I wasn’t intending to argue with someone with such a simplistic view of how the system works, anyway. If you think it’s all up to the customer and the corps nor the system have no blame in comparison, it’s just a lost cause, so sort yourself out.

      • The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net
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        1 year ago

        If you think it’s all up to the customer and the corps nor the system have no blame in comparison

        When did I or anyone else say companies and the government do not have any blame? Can you link me the comment and quote the relevant bit?