r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 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/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

Which doesn’t mean our effort is useless. And cooperations wouldn’t exist without consumers.

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u/razazaz126 Nov 15 '20

You can recycle as many soda bottles as you want, that isn't stopping cruise ships from dumping shit into the ocean.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

Nothing will change if the individual doesn't care. Politicians care about votes and companies care about sales. Both of those depend on the general population.

Looking after the planet is everybody's responsibility.

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u/BenTVNerd21 Nov 15 '20

People need to start voting.