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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're being far too restrictive in how you apply the term. I stand 100% by that part at the bottom that you quoted. Neoliberalism is a blight, and even when it's seemingly being applied to issues to which a person who would self-describe as neoliberal would never give any care, the neoliberal way of thinking has infested the discourse. Putting things down to personal responsibility to fix problems is a way to ensure that the problems never get solved. It's as simple as that. That's why the neoliberal way of thinking is so dangerous, and it's why I especially try to call it out when I see that mode of thinking affect even people who are aiming at end goals that I (as a leftist and environmentalist) agree with.

these systems you are proposing only need to exist for a tiny subset of individuals

I strenuously disagree. I imagine I could probably, in theory, get some sort of compost system set up for my apartment, based on what you've described. But I'm not going to. Gardening is not something I care about. Spending my limited free time figuring out where to buy the equipment, how to use it, maintaining it, is not something I care to do. I wouldn't know what to do with the compost that results from it, because I'm certainly not going to use it in my own (non-existent) garden. Even though I may have space in my apartment, I don't want to deal with the smell or mess that would come from it. I just have enough going on in my life (including other political causes that I make more of a personal involvement in) that I don't have the mental bandwidth to add this one.

And the thing is...I think that's most people. Most people probably could in theory compost themselves if they wanted to. But they won't, for a variety of personal and completely legitimate reasons. Enabling them to contribute to composting rather than landfill is a good thing, and the only way to do that is to make it trivially easy for them.

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Ahh, so you don't care for gardening or lawn care, are not part of the urban sprawl, and you are in that subset of population that wouldn't (but could if you could be bothered) manage your food waste on an individual level. Before the green waste bins, you just threw all your food waste into the normal bin then?

The rest of your point, including the unrelated politics, is lost on me. I can't relate to people who don't try and reduce their waste. I'm sorry. I'm trying but I can't see how putting stuff in a composting bin is neoliberal.