Ok look, you got a good heart and you know that dairy isn’t good for the environment or cows and so on. Cool.
But perfect is the enemy of action. You know how there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism? So there’s always going to be some way to nitpick about any action. For example, that tomato shake was made with migrant or prisoner or slave labor and mass farming is also terrible for the environment and water consumption.
One of the biggest strategic flaws we have on the left is that we care a lot about all sorts of stuff and want to do right by the world, which leads us to sometimes criticizing our own methods and people over what could be better and what is worse, and we lose sight of the bigger picture. Sometimes this is from genuinely wanting things to be better and sometimes it’s from trying to show how much better and more woke we are. It almost always comes off as flexing, a holier-than-thou attitude.
Functionally it causes division and inaction.
Sure, sometimes we need to adjust a strategy and try to make things better, but we need to look at the bigger picture and not get lost in the weeds.
An imperfect ally is still an ally and should be accepted, as it’s better than no ally. An imperfect tactic should be accepted, because that’s better than inaction.
So if you want to throw your tomato drink at someone go for it, but don’t discourage people from actively fighting Nazis, ok? Maybe next time say “I don’t like using milk I’m going for v8”, it’s more proactive and less critical.
Time to make more sandwiches and milkshakes
Why milkshakes :(
because they work
Maybe do something thst isnt so harmful to the climate tho? Like a tomato shake?
Ok look, you got a good heart and you know that dairy isn’t good for the environment or cows and so on. Cool.
But perfect is the enemy of action. You know how there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism? So there’s always going to be some way to nitpick about any action. For example, that tomato shake was made with migrant or prisoner or slave labor and mass farming is also terrible for the environment and water consumption.
One of the biggest strategic flaws we have on the left is that we care a lot about all sorts of stuff and want to do right by the world, which leads us to sometimes criticizing our own methods and people over what could be better and what is worse, and we lose sight of the bigger picture. Sometimes this is from genuinely wanting things to be better and sometimes it’s from trying to show how much better and more woke we are. It almost always comes off as flexing, a holier-than-thou attitude.
Functionally it causes division and inaction.
Sure, sometimes we need to adjust a strategy and try to make things better, but we need to look at the bigger picture and not get lost in the weeds.
An imperfect ally is still an ally and should be accepted, as it’s better than no ally. An imperfect tactic should be accepted, because that’s better than inaction.
So if you want to throw your tomato drink at someone go for it, but don’t discourage people from actively fighting Nazis, ok? Maybe next time say “I don’t like using milk I’m going for v8”, it’s more proactive and less critical.