I agree that one person doesn't have a huge impact on the world, but get enough people do take the same action and change happens. People are persuaded one by one to do the thing because it's good, and the more people who do it the easier it becomes so more people are easier to persuade. Right now voting Green is unlikely to get you a Green MP - but every time their vote-share goes up more people (who may already thing that the Greens are the BEST party but not) will think that they are a *viable party* worth voting for and give them their vote. Right now vegetarianism isn't making the meat industry vanish - but enough people want vegetarian food that I can't remember last time I was in a restaurant or cafe that didn't have at least *something* vegetarian on offer. Not all chocolate is made ethically - but Fair Trade chocolate is clearly marked, so you can easily choose to buy it if that's what you want.
Big changes usually happen slowly, creeping up on you, not allofasudden *bam* change.
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Date: 2015-01-27 10:24 am (UTC)Big changes usually happen slowly, creeping up on you, not allofasudden *bam* change.