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Changing Your Diet Is 'Number One' Way To Help The Planet, Woody Harrelson Says
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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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Change happens all the time but its shaped by power, which the vast majority if individuals have very little of and seem to insist on never using. Collective empower is our only chance and everyone refuses to exercise it, at always have, so its really just the illusion of power.
Also, learned hopelessness comes from actual hopelessness. Just because you want to be hopeful doesn't mean there is any hope, you're just deluding yourself to protect your feelings.
So you're a champion of collective power but don't believe that the choices people make have any impact and thus individuals in a collective shouldn't pursue change?
I don't believe individual efforts are effective for the powerless and that not enough people are willing, able or commited to contribute enough to collective efforts to force systemic, positive changes.
Not learned hopelessness though lol
You can just say you don't understand, it's not hard.
Bait used to be believable, you fell off
Ok, so you don't actually believe in collective action that requires YOU PERSONALLY to be part of the collective? You're waiting for some other undefined collective of INDIVIDUALS to make INDIVIDUAL CHOICES AND SACRIFICES to make the changes?
You would've genuinely derided any and all civil rights movements, or womens movements, as long as they weren't big enough of far along enough.
Your morals depend not on what you actually support with your actions, but what you say you care about. As long as I, as a straight white man, SAY I care about feminism or anti-racism, I don't actually have to DO anything. Because there's only two forms of a movement: The one too weak, so there's no point helping, and the one so strong, there's no point helping (beyond words).
Nope. Not what I believe.
Maybe because no one is leading by example? You don't even have to commit to veganism to help. Just trying to eat less meat adds up quickly, especially when you do it and encourage others to do the same. That is one of the many ways collective action can kick off.