I do care about other people, I just dont think that some exhaust discharged into the water from a fishing boat on the ocean is really harming people's lungs.
My understanding is the issue was NOx emissions as they relate to climate, but I think there is a lot more meaningful and low hanging fruit than banning a few dozen vessels.
> If you don't care about others they won't care about you. That's what society is.
Society is others not caring about you, no matter what you do. Society doesn't tailor its treatment to individuals based on their thoughts or actions. They are invisible.
I get that idea because society does not care about extremely localized costs if there is a diffuse benefit, or even a good feeling. You said society is being kind to others and it will be kind to you.
My impression is the exact opposite. Society doesn't care if you're the best person in the world if you're in the way of something it wants.
It is happy to put a freeway through your house to save a few bucks or minutes, even if it ruins your life.
Regulation is an even more attractive way to do this because society doesn't have to pay some low ball eminent domain.
Nobody cares if someone has spent their life building a fishing business and 300K loan on boat, the social consensus is haha, sucks to suck loser.
And I'm saying the golden rule is certainly not applied in social politics. 90% of people are happy to ban pollution from a small groups, while exempting themselves and all their own hobbies. The smaller the group, the more punitive the majority is willing to be. Fishermen might not get much sympathy, but prohibition on dog ownership or international vacations is unthinkable.
In my experience, small businesses, farmers, and sole proprietors almost never win out over environmental concerns. Big business gets a pass.
I think hunters and outdoorspeople are often positioned to see the hypocrisy of all this. They see a few tiny fishing boats being banned from California harbors, while massive container ships chug through the bay endlessly full of single use garbage.
They see fishing restrictions while entire municipalities discharge wastewater into the rivers and factory ships dragnet the ocean to sell at Safeway.
I do care about other people, I just dont think that some exhaust discharged into the water from a fishing boat on the ocean is really harming people's lungs.
My understanding is the issue was NOx emissions as they relate to climate, but I think there is a lot more meaningful and low hanging fruit than banning a few dozen vessels.
> If you don't care about others they won't care about you. That's what society is.
Society is others not caring about you, no matter what you do. Society doesn't tailor its treatment to individuals based on their thoughts or actions. They are invisible.