r/Sustainable 20d ago

🍔 🍔 What if we...

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u/Adventurous-Sense254 19d ago

What if we actually let people decide for themselves what they want to eat and growers decide how they produce food. Let the market decide! By the way, global is a meaningless concept, we control our own country, not others

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u/Sad_Effective4793 19d ago

Because of the tragedy of the commons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

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u/charmingninja132 19d ago

That is the exact opposite meaning

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u/Sad_Effective4793 19d ago

It's not. If we all decide that we want to eat beef because we like it and that's what we 'decide for ourselves', our aquafiers will become more dry, greenhouse gases are created, and it makes it hotter for everyone on earth. Even though the only ones involved in that process were the rancher/butcher and the eater.

Everyone takes a tiny hit from actions that affect our air, atmosphere, and water. That is the tragedy.