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[-] penquin@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

Is it bad that I think like that all the time? I still do the right thing, but I'm worried that one day I'll just see no change and get into the "fuck it" mindset.

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

In actual civilised countries, people do think like that, teach their kids to think like that, and call out people who don't respect their environment.

It's a societal problem at your end probably

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago

When I was young kids would actually get mad if someone wasn't being a tidy kiwi. It was so ingrained in us to not litter and pick up litter. I remember seeing a young girl scolding an adult for throwing his cigarette on the ground.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Be the change you want to see in the world

And fuck everyone else

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I'm holding on hard.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

This is why you need to focus on local change as the goal. By local I mean right there and then. You pick up some trash or you prevent your own from going on the ground, the change is right there in front of you: that section of ground, at that time, is clean.

If you do the small things with big changes in mind as the reason, it’s a recipe for exactly the kind of burnout you’re referring to.

There is change. It’s just small. But it’s 100% real and right there in front of you and it reliably follows from your action.

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

True. I teach my son that, too.

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