If planet and society also attained the personhood that businesses enjoy, they wouldn’t depend on the generosity of self-interested businesses and philanthropy to fix their needs.
True what you say. There’s hope though most Millennials & GenZ are more about equity than older generations. We just need to enhance this belief by hacking social-interest into self-interest.
So, my personal interest is not just a well-paying job, a nice house, car, luxuries, but also a flourishing planet and society. What’s the best way of implementing this hack? Place it in our daily purchases. Every time you buy something that brand sticks in your mind.
So what if x% of our purchases went to a neglected grassroots social/environment need, my mind will remember not just the iPhone, Shirt, travel ticket, etc but also the homeless kid i helped feed with the x% of my purchase. Then we will have more people not just empathising with planet and social ills but also taking instant daily action against the ills.
I think,
If planet and society also attained the personhood that businesses enjoy, they wouldn’t depend on the generosity of self-interested businesses and philanthropy to fix their needs.
What do you think?
That’s true, but barring some huge change in the exact way capitalism works, I doubt it will ever happen.
True what you say. There’s hope though most Millennials & GenZ are more about equity than older generations. We just need to enhance this belief by hacking social-interest into self-interest.
So, my personal interest is not just a well-paying job, a nice house, car, luxuries, but also a flourishing planet and society. What’s the best way of implementing this hack? Place it in our daily purchases. Every time you buy something that brand sticks in your mind.
So what if x% of our purchases went to a neglected grassroots social/environment need, my mind will remember not just the iPhone, Shirt, travel ticket, etc but also the homeless kid i helped feed with the x% of my purchase. Then we will have more people not just empathising with planet and social ills but also taking instant daily action against the ills.