Randahl FinkYou know the Tesla boycott is about to crush Elon's company, when Fox News hosts are trying to convince viewers to buy Teslas.
Crovanian (CamstonIsland)@randahl as a person living in a society, I find it difficult to determine if my purchasing choices as an individual actually have influence. While I’m not in the market for an EV, this is reassuring that yes, I should indeed continue with boycotts.
Martin Vermeer FCD@Crovanian @randahl You are one of millions, so you shouldn't expect your individual influence to be large. But if everyone thought like that, nothing would ever change. Fortunately not the case.
@martinvermeer yeah, and if each of us millions stops buying, say, a $10 banana, then that's, like, billions!
I'm not the best at math...
Världens bästa Kille™Sure it makes a difference. I see it every time I look in the mirror.
@thelovebing @Crovanian That nobody can take away from you.
@martinvermeer @Crovanian The only reason anyone should need for trying to do the right thing.
That’s why the alt-right/Russian ass hats hate personal ethics. A moral person – regardless of what moral he/she/[insert the latest all inclusive pronoun here]lives by – is very much harder to influence and manipulate.
They need nihilism.
@thelovebing @Crovanian You just explained anarchism.
@Crovanian @martinvermeer I really didn’t.
Had there not been narcissists, psychopaths and so on, sure, people would probably mostly be nice to each other. Had people in general lived by the principles they often don’t have, and so forth.
But this is reality.
@martinvermeer @Crovanian or maybe I did, and that’s why it doesn’t work.
@thelovebing @Crovanian It actually works well in a great many situations. Just not always.