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Real change isn’t at the polls (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by OutForARip@lemmy.ca to c/memes@slrpnk.net

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[–] NaibofTabr 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

The hole in the ozone layer is now repairing due to international regulation of CFCs

Acid rain is no longer a problem because of regulation of sulfur dioxide emissions

Leaded gasoline has now been banned in every country

Asbestos exposure is rare now due to regulatory controls. It's bad that it took so long to get done.

Government regulation is effective in protecting people from health risks.

Collective action (e.g. through voting) is effective in establishing such regulation.

If you spread the lie that voting in favor of such policies (and politicians who support them) is a useless waste of time, you are spreading industry propaganda.

Effective, large-scale change is IN FACT at the polls.

It is nowhere else.

[+] punkisundead@slrpnk.net -6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

So all those problems are fixed but somehow new ones keep popping up? Maybe it wasnt real change but actually just band aids and the root cause stayed unadressed through all those years.

Somehow the system you want to maintain and support keeps creating these problems. And then it says we need this exact system to deal with thosr problems.

[–] NaibofTabr 3 points 1 month ago

So all those problems are fixed but somehow new ones keep popping up?

Yes. Welcome to reality.

Maybe it wasnt real change but actually just band aids and the root cause stayed unadressed through all those years.

The entire history of human civilization is an example of building the airplane while you're flying it, without a plan for either the airplane construction or the flight path.

Somehow the system you want to maintain and support keeps creating these problems.

There are a lot of problems, and yes the solutions to old problems often create new problems, because reality is not a video game where collecting a dozen McGuffins ends the quest and you get a reward and then never worry about that issue again.