Unless you're talking about the Amish, you're giving us too much credit. We could choose simpler lives, but the reality is we will continue to do business with the worst of the worst if it makes our lives even a modicum more easy, because that's human nature. We don't realize long term risks well, we're programmed to dodge snake attacks; not greedy snake-like other humans.

[–] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

You think the average human can just "choose" whatever life they want? Just get up one day and be like, "you know what? I'm going to save up for a horse and buggy." That's not a possibility for the vast majority of people. Go to the YouTube channels featuring people who HAVE made that switch in life and it's usually people who had a lot of money, time, and independence before they made the decision. I know you probably have very decent intentions when you say this, but the lack of depth in consideration around how much actual freedom of movement people have is just really frustrating that it borders on victim blaming. Most people simply cannot do what you're making sound like it's a choice like flipping a light switch. It's not.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're giving the Amish too much credit, even. You can fuck up the Earth plenty with 1850's tech.

Not that other critters would be better in our shoes. The fact is we never evolved to manage the whole Earth, but we inevitably have to.