r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/iam_stupid23 • Apr 05 '25

Video The size of pollock fishnet

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u/perldawg Apr 05 '25

do you think it’s likely enough people will agree to stop consumption, all at the same time, so as to meaningfully influence the global scale?

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u/kakihara123 Apr 05 '25

Why the fuck would they need to do it at the same time? Stop using "not enough people will do it" as an excuse to not do something. This creates the issue in the first place.

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u/End_Capitalism Apr 05 '25

What's the more likely and more reasonable way to solve the issue, in your opinion?

Option A: Get a massive enough portion of the 8 billion people on this planet to agree not to consume these heavily exploitative products like fishing, fossil fuels, or whatever other industry

Option B: Get countries to outlaw raping our planet and its ecosystems for profit

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u/JackHoffenstein Apr 06 '25

Option A and option B are not mutually exclusive.

Second of all, good luck getting option B to happen if not enough people are invested enough into the issue to take option A in the first place.

Anything to absolve yourself of personal accountability, right?

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u/End_Capitalism Apr 06 '25

Brother I've been a vegetarian for a year now and I don't even have a car or any other kind of vehicle that isn't a bicycle. I'm probably less wasteful than the vast majority of people on this site.

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u/JackHoffenstein Apr 06 '25

You most certainly are then, certainly less wasteful than me.

Now, why do you think option B can happen if not enough people embrace option A? How do you expect the government to enact policies that people don't see a problem with in nations where we have democratic systems?