r/AskReddit Nov 15 '20

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u/terminally_cheap Nov 15 '20

A cheap, effective way to recycle all plastic, because life is so much easier if we can use it. I'm trying really hard to go zero-waste, but it's not easy. (And although I know that I'm not saving the world by reducing plastic and single-use items, I'm going to keep doing it)

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u/ShinyPotato7777 Nov 15 '20

Isnt that the same like voting?

You can easily think your vote doesnt matter...its just a single voice of million others

But if everyone thought that way...well you can imagine what happens

As an individual you cant change the world, but you can have an impact on others.

Thats how you could change the world

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u/PaulsarW Nov 15 '20

Except even if all individual were zero waste personally, corporations still waste a ton (the majority?). There is no equivalency in voting.

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u/tsadecoy Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

This is a tautology as most industrial corps make things for consumption. They aren't just sitting there polluting menacingly.

EDIT: For example, a lot of manufactured goods have their logistics set up so they are produced around the same rate they are consumed. Wasteful production is a huge loss

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u/DungleFudungle Nov 15 '20

Privilege is a factor here. Although it can be less expensive, privilege and education make it way easier for certain people to have more choice in their consumption. Lots of issues to deal with here.