almost all food comes packaged in plastic. is that my fault for buying food, or is it the fault of the corporations that started using that packaging? do I have a moral duty to starve to death if I think we should use less plastic? or is it more realistic that I continue to live and advocate that corporations change their packaging?
It isn’t your fault for trying to exist, his argument is comically flawed. He is blaming the people trying to survive for all of the corruption perpetrated by those in power.
Yes it is. If people didn’t buy things that are packaged in plastic, the companies won’t sell things packaged in plastic.
Alternatives are available right now, they just either a) cost more or b) take more time, or c) you would have to do without
By making the choice to go with the cheaper/easier option, and by doing so are giving them permission to keep doing it.
“BUT MAH COST OF LIVING” this isn’t a valid excuse for doing something you know is bad.
If the more environmentally friendly option was the cheapest, it would already be the default. You have to choose cheap or environmentally friendly, and accept the consequences of your choices.
Forcing companies to not use plastic packaging will not somehow make the same product available at the same price. They will raise prices because the alternative is going to cost them more or again… they would already be doing it. Those people would then “die” anyways as the prices rise.
Your logic is shit.
People can definitely continue to stay alive with less polluting personal choices, but choose not to every single day., I rarely see broke vegetarians for example, despite a true vegetarian diet (meat replacement products are expensive and do not count) being significantly cheaper than a meat based one and MASSIVELY more environmentally friendly.
almost all food comes packaged in plastic. is that my fault for buying food, or is it the fault of the corporations that started using that packaging? do I have a moral duty to starve to death if I think we should use less plastic? or is it more realistic that I continue to live and advocate that corporations change their packaging?
It isn’t your fault for trying to exist, his argument is comically flawed. He is blaming the people trying to survive for all of the corruption perpetrated by those in power.
Yes it is. If people didn’t buy things that are packaged in plastic, the companies won’t sell things packaged in plastic.
Alternatives are available right now, they just either a) cost more or b) take more time, or c) you would have to do without
By making the choice to go with the cheaper/easier option, and by doing so are giving them permission to keep doing it.
“BUT MAH COST OF LIVING” this isn’t a valid excuse for doing something you know is bad.
If the more environmentally friendly option was the cheapest, it would already be the default. You have to choose cheap or environmentally friendly, and accept the consequences of your choices.
ok I see, so only poor people deserve to die. excellent point, I hadn’t considered that
Forcing companies to not use plastic packaging will not somehow make the same product available at the same price. They will raise prices because the alternative is going to cost them more or again… they would already be doing it. Those people would then “die” anyways as the prices rise.
Your logic is shit.
People can definitely continue to stay alive with less polluting personal choices, but choose not to every single day., I rarely see broke vegetarians for example, despite a true vegetarian diet (meat replacement products are expensive and do not count) being significantly cheaper than a meat based one and MASSIVELY more environmentally friendly.
‘because the alternative is going to cost them more’
This is one of those things that you have to let go of. While it makes sense, it is not a guiding factor for corporate decisions.