Re:Pessimism is a barrier to progress
by nathanaldensr on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @10:13AM
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No, it's not. You're just excusing hypocritical behavior because of your own bias.
Re:Pessimism is a barrier to progress
by lotsofpulp on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @10:23AM
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It is not hypocritical, because I do not expect others to behave in a way I do not.
For example, I want fossil fuels to be drastically costlier to force everyone to use smaller vehicles and live in denser communities enabling public transit.
But I do not want other individuals to have to do that while I do not. I am willing to make the sacrifices if everyone will, but if everyone is not going to, then I have a hard time seeing why I should.
It is still logically consistent to play the game as everyone else, but still advocate for changes to rules that affect everyone. For example, flying in private jets while also supporting laws/regulations/taxes that would make that amount of pollution per person per unit time unaffordable.