One of the things that bothers me most in the world is when people are santctimonious about language or comedians while wearing sweatshop clothes etc.
It feels like people exclusively choose the moral battles that involve zero effort or sacrifice on their part. This “oh well, what can I do about Apple?” Fucking look into fairphones, buy refurbished, be okay with a shitty old phone for years etc. At the very least, feel some fucking guilt, write letters demanding they do better (which carry a lot more weight coming from their customers!)
Think about how much you’ve seen about causes that everyone upvoting has almost zero part in versus the everyday horrors that fuel our amazingly decadent first world lives.
When the effort or sacrifice correlates with Lemmy hobbies:
it’s the tiniest sacrifice, simply use a Fairphone
For people good at other things:
I updated my Fairphone and now it’s bricked
There’s a million different unilateral sacrifices expected of us, and not everybody is good at the same stuff. The issue raised is with testing for unilateral sacrifice when the person is suggesting much more effective collective action. All those tiny sacrifices will simply exhaust you to little effect.
I went fairphone first because yeah, fediverse people.
buy refurbished, be okay with a shitty old phone for years etc.
If this is too exhausting for one of the most pampered groups of people in human history, God help us.
write letters demanding they do better.
Who could ever be asked to do such a monumental rask?
the person is suggesting much more effective collective action
Oh yay, this person is online bravely suggesting other people take serious steps.
In a society where we lived anywhere close to the morals we pretend to have, these sweatshop clothes and phones that children lose limbs for would be marks of shame. But God forbid we, who have had it better than 99% of everyone who came before us, get tired.
Are you bolding other to imply that the person making the suggestion won’t participate in collective action as well? Unilaterally you’ll exhaust yourself and accomplish a lot of nothing. You’ll get a lot more done with other people on your side.
I always have mixed feelings on this meme.
One of the things that bothers me most in the world is when people are santctimonious about language or comedians while wearing sweatshop clothes etc.
It feels like people exclusively choose the moral battles that involve zero effort or sacrifice on their part. This “oh well, what can I do about Apple?” Fucking look into fairphones, buy refurbished, be okay with a shitty old phone for years etc. At the very least, feel some fucking guilt, write letters demanding they do better (which carry a lot more weight coming from their customers!)
Think about how much you’ve seen about causes that everyone upvoting has almost zero part in versus the everyday horrors that fuel our amazingly decadent first world lives.
Sorry, unhinged rant over.
When the effort or sacrifice correlates with Lemmy hobbies:
For people good at other things:
There’s a million different unilateral sacrifices expected of us, and not everybody is good at the same stuff. The issue raised is with testing for unilateral sacrifice when the person is suggesting much more effective collective action. All those tiny sacrifices will simply exhaust you to little effect.
I went fairphone first because yeah, fediverse people.
If this is too exhausting for one of the most pampered groups of people in human history, God help us.
Who could ever be asked to do such a monumental rask?
Oh yay, this person is online bravely suggesting other people take serious steps.
In a society where we lived anywhere close to the morals we pretend to have, these sweatshop clothes and phones that children lose limbs for would be marks of shame. But God forbid we, who have had it better than 99% of everyone who came before us, get tired.
Edit: a grammars
Are you bolding other to imply that the person making the suggestion won’t participate in collective action as well? Unilaterally you’ll exhaust yourself and accomplish a lot of nothing. You’ll get a lot more done with other people on your side.