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> Very few people actually need an SUV Only in the sense that no one needs good food, fashionable clothes, entertainment, cool gadgets, large houses, etc. Take
by _cs2017_ 8y ago
> Very few people actually need an SUV
Only in the sense that no one needs good food, fashionable clothes, entertainment, cool gadgets, large houses, etc. Take it away from them, and you'll find yourself a very unpopular leader.
If you prefer to be one with nature, go ahead, there's still plenty of places where you can do that. It's not something most people will choose though.
- sorenjan 8y agoI'm not talking about leadership, I'm talking about culture, morals, and personal accountability. People are making the wrong choice, and it's selfish. There's a middle ground between being one with nature and driving a 4x4 between the suburb and the city. Much of the other things you describe as necessities to be happy with your leadership are also big problems. Overconsumption of clothes, meat, gadgets, too big houses, etc. Overshoot day took place on August 1 this year. Hurry up and consume as much as you can, hopefully we'll both be dead before famine strikes the rich parts of the world, but at least we got ours. https://www.overshootday.org/ https://www.overshootday.org/
- _cs2017_ 8y agoIIUC, you're sharing your personal preference. Specifically, you would like people to indulge in luxuries only to a modest degree, and put a good effort into improving the environment, quality of life for other people, etc. I didn't mean to disrespect your preference. I was just saying that most people, I think, don't share your preference. And so the world will not evolve in the direction you wish.
- majewsky 8y agoThe error in this argument is that preferences are static. Preferences change all the time. The question is how to make people change their preference. (Which is something that most people do only unconsciously.)