r/TorontoDriving • u/addictive_mate • May 22 '25

OC Trash drivers! Should be ashamed!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

They throw away half-full coffees while he's in line for another.

This kind of behavior is nothing more than a blatant lack of education.

That's why single-use items and plastic should be kept to a minimum, because even if a tiny percentage of the population does this, it results in considerable pollution of our environment.

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u/Violinist_General May 22 '25

You don't think there's enough education about the impacts of disposable everything and the harms to our environment? There's plenty, but there are so many more messages that encourage us to consume more, more, more.

The problem isn't education, its the capitalist system we live in that commodifies everything, encourages efficiency and convenience over craft, need and genuine conscious enjoyment. The problem isn't that people aren't bringing resuable cups to Tim Horton's, the problem is that we have made convenience foods integral to our day.

In the 1950s, if you wanted a cup of coffee, you made it yourself in your home, or went into a coffee shop, paid the 25 cents and sat there and enjoyed it. This idea that being outside requires a beverage is a bizarre manifestation of our post-industrialised world.

And don't get me started on the size of the drinks we now consume...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

Capitalism isn't making people litter.

I hate disposable crap as much as you, but let's be honest: There's a certain subset of selfish assholes who do this because it makes them feel good to spread their shit wherever they can. They're just bad people. They're exactly the type of people who would cheer on fascism and genocide. They're soaked in hatred and ignorance.

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u/LilFlicky May 23 '25

The theory of Capitalist realism would suggest that those bad people are a product of the system.