I Don't Care · Not My Problem · Then Reap What You Sow
⁘ “Someone else will take care of that. Not a problem. We just can't be bothered. If there's no reward, then never mind — not our problem. Then watch the feedback loop bite your tail. Reap your rotten fruits. Or — learn to do the right thing?”
By the way, someone else will take care of that.
Not a problem.
We just can't be bothered.
It's above us, below us, beyond us, somehow not in our field of concerns.
Someone else will pick it up.
The government will pick it up.
If it doesn't directly impact me, then not my concern, right?
Let the collective deal with it.
If there is no reward, then never mind, not our problem.
Reflective ethics, stemming from collective concern,
is definitely not the mainstream of our times.
The hard ways are coming.
This is the road you paved for yourself.
Now, reap your fruits.
Or, you know, you could just proactively learn not to be a self-centered asshole.
Find some joy and satisfaction in doing the right thing,
in nurturing the collective – even if there is no reward for you.
Better yet, you learn to be selfless in the process.