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.
A principled stance would be to do what ever you feel helps but also understand that as one we are weak, collectively we are strong, then we need to find the most effective way to crush capitalism as a collective.
I would champion mutual aid, this has changed over the years. wouldn’t we as a collective do better in funnelling our resources towards building cadre’s capable of leading a revolution? Rather than knitting clubs leading soup kitchens?