There is hypocrisy - of the sort modeled by billionaires who fly their private jets into global climate conferences where they still have the power to create the soundbites and set the narrative. And then there is paradox, contradiction. The reality that we exist within the systems that we wish to change. The reality that the half of a pig that my friends raised on their pasture and that just landed in my freezer has very little in common with the commodified units of meat production raised by the millions in conditions no living being should have to endure.
And it would seem that the billionaires rather prefer that us small folk get obsessed with purity. With keeping our lives small, with policing each others' diets, doing all of the right things and none of the wrong ones, and of course buying whatever greenwashed products and investments they can send down the pipeline.
I am most grateful for your holistic perspectives.
There is hypocrisy - of the sort modeled by billionaires who fly their private jets into global climate conferences where they still have the power to create the soundbites and set the narrative. And then there is paradox, contradiction. The reality that we exist within the systems that we wish to change. The reality that the half of a pig that my friends raised on their pasture and that just landed in my freezer has very little in common with the commodified units of meat production raised by the millions in conditions no living being should have to endure.
And it would seem that the billionaires rather prefer that us small folk get obsessed with purity. With keeping our lives small, with policing each others' diets, doing all of the right things and none of the wrong ones, and of course buying whatever greenwashed products and investments they can send down the pipeline.
I am most grateful for your holistic perspectives.
Exactly!! I think you’re spot on about hypocrisy and contradiction being different things. An excellent take, thank you!