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by JKCalhoun 45 days ago
"If you are going to be outraged, at least be consistent about it."

I (and others) need to be educated about it first. I know, for example, the risks of cigarettes because it is on every pack in the U.S.

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That's wild to me that that is how you know the risks of cigarettes. I forget just how many people rely on corporate authority to "warn" them of everything. That puts many of my peers in a constant state of fear. I put the word warn in quotes because it is only to insulate themselves against future lawsuits and revenue loss.
I just used it as an obvious example. I knew cigarettes caused cancer at some point growing up. I'm concerned of course about the abundance of products that I don't know about—wishing as a community we did more to label those.
Anthropocentric thought is a problem and it shows. How about as a community not needing corporations to tell you how to exist while they destroy ecosystems around us? Maybe if they label everything, that'll make it alllllllll okay.