• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The raindrop effect.

    No raindrop thinks itself responsible for the flood. But they are. And if enough of us tiny bits pull in a direction, we can move society. But it won’t seem like it until enough of us do, and then BAM, magically it floods.

    • blarghly@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I was thinking more of Chestertons Fence - you fuck with something you don’t understand, so it blows up in your face and everyone is worse off because you didn’t understand the long term implications of your actions.