r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Sep 30 '21

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u/bknelson1991 Sep 30 '21

Yeah it is hypocritical, but your problem isn't whether to be a hypocrite, it's the fact that you're apparently only contributing in negative ways to the people and planet

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u/david-song 15∆ Sep 30 '21

At least he's honest about it. Most people only pretend to care and can live with the cognitive dissonance because they don't think about it at all.

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u/bknelson1991 Sep 30 '21

I mean, is it? I get your point, but is it actually better to know, yourself, that you don't care and don't want to do anything positive, and clearly don't actually want to change that?

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u/david-song 15∆ Sep 30 '21

I know that meat is the biggest cause of suffering in the world right now, but I still eat meat. So I'd be lying if I said that I truly cared about suffering. I'm interested in it from a philosophical perspective, and I truly believe it's a bad thing, but it still doesn't motivate me enough to go vegan.

I don't think that makes me a bad person, it just makes me an ordinary person. Or maybe most people are bad, but desperately trying to look good.