Sometimes I feel like whatever I'd do it won't be enough. What/where I buy or where I donate seem trivial in the larger scheme of things. From extreme power concentration to world hunger. From climate change to AI safety. Too many things that I'd like to change, but I feel powerless sometimes. The feeling comes coupled with a sense of guilt of not doing enough and not being enough. Do you guys get this feeling too? How do you deal with it?

I do believe in the necessity of optimism in order to affect change, but sometimes hope is hard to cultivate. How do you guys keep your optimism up?

Thanks for reading my mini-rant.

Also, the meme is not OC

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[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

Worked in a small event managing company (planning, gear, etc). It produces so much waste in a week that a typical 10 floor 10 staircases living building house wouldn't in 2 months. There are much more and bigger companies. I can only speculate how much waste they produce.

This is only a microscopic part of all businesses in our city. Production lines, grocery stores, commercial buildings must be producing thousands of tonnes more. I doubt that all of the households in town produce as much as all the companies combined. We are not the problem.

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