• aidan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’d prefer people making decisions for themselves as much as possible.

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      2 months ago

      agreed. rich heir assholes shouldnt make decisions pertaining to our work and future, we should.

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          2 months ago

          there is a “we” whether you or me like it or not.

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              2 months ago

              it depends on the issue at hand. if we are talking about climate change, its everyone.

              decaying infrastructure on a given country? its inhabitants.

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                2 months ago

                Well it’s not everyone, both those things effect people differently. Even if I live in a country with decaying infrastructure- if I barely go outside it doesn’t effect me that much. Or, I may value infrastructure or the climate differently than you.

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                  it does. if you barely get out of the house you still need that infrastructure to get food, energy and sewer service delivered to you, regardless of how important you judge it to be. society is a big web of interconnected people and services.

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                    There are plenty of people who homestead. Are they at least out of the we? And I never disagreed that most people rely on each other. Instead I disagree that that mutual reliance makes a collective of people with the same desires, interests, and goals.