Yes, lack of action has consequences too, we often fail to realize that. We say it is someone else's problem.
I like Doug Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He explains many deep things in an amusing way, that you realize the deeper meaning much later. He said:
An SEP is something we can't see, or don't see, or our brain doesn't let us see, because we think that it's somebody else's problem. That’s what SEP means. Somebody Else’s Problem. The brain just edits it out, it's like a blind spot.
Today it is known as a sociopsychological phenomenon called "Diffusion of responsibility" or bystanders syndrome of "Genovese syndrome"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese
We had to take a class about it after Macondo Incident in US Gulf of Mexico, if you remember. It is strange, how it was all related.