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I love that analogy. No, you're not going to personally save the world by reducing your carbon footprint. But you know what you are going to be? One leaf on a tree in a forest, making that little bit more oxygen that helps collectively make the world a better place.

And that's worth doing. Especially if you can encourage other people to be leaves too.

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

It's not that I can't do anything, I do all I can

It's that one dickhead billionaire asshole ruins all the good intentions of millions.

Why try to get more millions when we should go after those ones...

[-] wpb@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

This exactly. It's a room full of people wiping the floor with single tissue papers while one guy is spraying the floor with a fire hose. But hey, at least they get to feel good about themselves because they can tell themselves "I did my part". What else could they do?

this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2026
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