That’s relative privation - appeal to worse problems. It incorrectly assumes that we can or should only care about the current worst suffering and that moral concern is zero sum.
There’s very little I can do to end the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Iran etc. But I am directly funding and maintaining the meat industry every time I buy meat.
Also don’t kill yourself, that’s cringe. Be based, fight on.
jnod4@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
My literal taxes are funding wars and deaths to innocents. You’re preaching veganism to stop suffering for animals, I’m preaching mass suicide for the working class that have no hope for the future. We should leave the billionaires to tend to themselves.
My target audience is not here, as most people here are educated, “high” earning with some home lab and their biggest stress in life is cows life and latest Linux distro supported on some ARM laptop.
Meanwhile IRL everyone I meet live lives not worth living, with no free time working multiple jobs, no holidays, no hobbies, no books, no films, no pleasure or joys, No savings, living just to pay rent and maybe an addiction.
Is it worth living if you only depend on alcohol or opioids? I personally say pass.
threeduck@aussie.zone 6 days ago
If you could voluntarily STOP your taxes going to these wars, you would, right? That’s what I’m doing when I stop buying meat, literally stopping the sale of meat.
But hey, good luck with your preaching for mass suicide I guess. I’ll keep being based here on earth while you waste yourself.