It says the guy dumpster picks for parts of his meals. I think that is hard living, yes.
This would also restrict a lot of travel, for business as well as pleasure.
The laws you describe requiring people to live a certain way is a fascist system.
It says the guy dumpster picks for parts of his meals. I think that is hard living, yes.
I know people that dumpster dive as a lifestyle choice in a wealthy society as mentioned in the article:
He gets much of his food from dumpster diving or from the leftovers at buffets from conferences he attends, describing himself as a "supply-and-demand vegan."
it's not all that uncommon, and is not indicative of actual hardship. To be forced to dumpster dive from poverty is quite a different thing. Of course in a poor county I wonder if dumpster diving would even be effective at alleviating hardship.
This would also restrict a lot of travel, for business as well as pleasure.
And? You sound pretty soft.
The laws you describe requiring people to live a certain way is a fascist system.
Fascism is such a bullshit word devoid of meaning that I thought I'd look it up. The Merriam-Webster definition of fascism:
1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition 2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
Your use of fascism in sense 1. makes no sense. If you're using it in sense 2 you might as well call any existing laws that require us to live a certain way fascist. Do you seriously consider adjusting the prices of goods to reflect the fair cost to society, fascist?
I'm not a fan of isolated extreme individual actions like this, though I understand it can make people feel better about themselves, less hypocritical, and provide some hope. It's a global problem, if things don't happen globally, we'll fail to fix it.
I hope you're not implying that living as these people do is hard... in the greater scheme of things it's not at all. At least they are living - which is more than we can expect for most people if we fail to address this.
I would like us to put legislation in place as countries and via agreements between countries, to force us all to live similar to this. The price of meat, flights and other commodities should reflect their real costs to society - that means that should cost a prohibitive amount, or in some cases be outlawed.
Or, we can do what we're doing now, and kill most of humanity and exterminate most of the species we share the earth with.