Anything that you could do individually to help the world will make zero noticeable impact so long as you are the only one doing it.
that's not true.
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Why should I donate to charity? I’m just one person and that will never make a difference.
often, charities are able to show exactly how much money it takes to accomplish their goals. $0.11/day to feed a child is one that's stuck with me. but regardless, i think charity is a societal ill and we should be building societies that are not so stratified, so that charities are superfluous. instead of donating to charity, spend your resources building a more egalitarian society.
Why should I recycle? I’m just one person and that will never make a difference.
well that's probably true. the real issue is the wasteful packaging produced, and no matter how much you recycle, that's never going to curb the amount of wasteful packaging produced.
Why should I vote? I’m one person and that will never make a difference.
voting is disanalogous to buying food. big meat doesn't win or lose one day every four years.
That is the cynical reason for not doing anything ever to help the world.
it's a very good reason not to do things that aren't effective.
If you are spending money on factory farmed meat, you are financing the industry.
regardless of what i (or you) spend my (or your) money on, the industry continues to grow. if i get hit by a bus today on my way home from work and die, the meat industry, i guarantee you, will not notice. they will continue to grow, producing more meat this year than last, and more next year than this.
my point is that buying meat (or not) has no impact on the environment.
And there’s crime so you might as well rape
the claim is that by not consuming factory farmed meat, you make an impact on the amount of emissions from its production. this is not true. it is also not analogous to raping anyone.
... right. but your personal consumption doesn't change industrial output.
you're cherrypicking.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/meat-production-tonnes?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL
It helps,
no, it doesnt. despite the existence of vegans, meat production increases every year, year over year.
well, duh. but there are still effective things you can do to help the environment. buying beans isn't one of them.