There’s 2 sides to every coin. Consumers were lied to, yes, but consumers also choose to buy plastic over glass. But that’s not my problem with the comic. My problem is that it’s the posterchild of “nothing I do matters anyway, so might as well not care and pollute”. It also feels very much like a sarcastic excuse to people who tell others to clean up after themselves.
environmentalism is good, but plastic recycling is not going to make the world better.
Yes, but it can better than nothing. Shipping it off to a third-world country (which I think the EU finally banned) and then pointing at the country and saying “look, they don’t recycle, it’s not our fault” harms us all of course. Anyway, the comic rubs me the wrong way.
I think it’s rubbing you the wrong way because you have an axe to grind with environmentalism apathy and this barely touching it makes it a lightning rod for your unfocused anger.
It reminds you of an issue you have that you can not solve and that usually makes people more on edge.
It’s also unfortunately way off topic as it’s about an evil person doing evil things. I can’t say you are wrong to make the jumps together but it as a criticism kinda lacks any ability to follow through from the artist.
And it made you react which means as art it worked.
Consoomers aren’t to blame. Why? Because I’m a consoomer myself and I know I’m not to blame. Not even partially. I am completely absolved from any blame because I’m a consoomer. Where does it say so? I say so. I will consoom for the economy and that’s how I participate in society.
I buy plastic bottles because I’m powerless. I buy big tech products because I’m powerless to their advertising. I buy non-fairtrade products because, you guessed it, powerless. I leave the tap on while brushing my teeth because industry uses millions of litres more than I ever could making products for me to consoom. I am powerless! I can consoom anything I like, whenever I like, however I like, because I’m a weak pawn with no independence.
There’s 2 sides to every coin. Consumers were lied to, yes, but consumers also choose to buy plastic over glass. But that’s not my problem with the comic. My problem is that it’s the posterchild of “nothing I do matters anyway, so might as well not care and pollute”. It also feels very much like a sarcastic excuse to people who tell others to clean up after themselves.
Yes, but it can better than nothing. Shipping it off to a third-world country (which I think the EU finally banned) and then pointing at the country and saying “look, they don’t recycle, it’s not our fault” harms us all of course. Anyway, the comic rubs me the wrong way.
I think it’s rubbing you the wrong way because you have an axe to grind with environmentalism apathy and this barely touching it makes it a lightning rod for your unfocused anger.
It reminds you of an issue you have that you can not solve and that usually makes people more on edge.
It’s also unfortunately way off topic as it’s about an evil person doing evil things. I can’t say you are wrong to make the jumps together but it as a criticism kinda lacks any ability to follow through from the artist.
And it made you react which means as art it worked.
i mean the character also specifically says they’re evil.
Consumers didn’t price the glass higher than the plastic. Companies and lack of regulations did that.
Consoomers aren’t to blame. Why? Because I’m a consoomer myself and I know I’m not to blame. Not even partially. I am completely absolved from any blame because I’m a consoomer. Where does it say so? I say so. I will consoom for the economy and that’s how I participate in society.
I buy plastic bottles because I’m powerless. I buy big tech products because I’m powerless to their advertising. I buy non-fairtrade products because, you guessed it, powerless. I leave the tap on while brushing my teeth because industry uses millions of litres more than I ever could making products for me to consoom. I am powerless! I can consoom anything I like, whenever I like, however I like, because I’m a weak pawn with no independence.
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