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Tyson Foods and the federal government refuse to show their math for a new sustainability label.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (57 children)

The 1% and the corporations are more at fault for climate change than individuals. I'm not going to stop eating beef while rich assholes fly around in their private jets fucking up the world just so I have to pay for their greed.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I mean, we can both eat less meat and also demand change from the rich, they aren't mutually exclusive. "Because they do it too" isn't a great excuse

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I never said they were mutually exclusive. The problem is that the majority of people have to make sacrifices because some rich assholes caused the lion's share of the problem. The funny thing about being a rich asshole is that they'll get away scot-free while the rest of us have to pay for their greed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Going vegan isn't "making sacrifices", it's the right thing to do. Rich people aren't the ones consuming all of the meat, it's everyday schlubs like you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's the problem that schlubs like you don't understand: The rich people who profited from causing most of the problem aren't making any sacrifices and expect everyone else to do it for them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like a poor excuse to avoid personal responsibility to me. Two wrongs don't make a right.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Be a good little communist and clean up after the rich capitalist's mistakes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Congratulations on successfully doing absolutely nothing, you must feel so proud.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

No but making yourself miserable for no reason won't either. Look, I am personally trying. Got meat down to about one meal a week (oh Lord that one meat meal a week is so awesome), only driving when there isnt another option, and not blasting my AC. This doesn't change the fact that there are big big problems that individuals making themselves feel like shit won't solve. All my effort can be undone in a single day by anyone on earth and they don't even have to plan it out, it could just happen.

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