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You want to know how you get populists uprisings? Regressive taxes that hurt the poor.

• posixplz 8y ago
  You want to know how we save the planet? Force people, including the working class, to stop relying on dirty fossil fuels. If there’s no forcing function, nothing will change.
  • donatj 8y ago
    Believe it or not, people don’t respond well to force. Force only breeds contempt. It simply hurts your cause in the long run.
    • truculent 8y ago
      Tbf, I'm not sure we have a long run at this point
• kace91 8y ago
  The poor in European capitals don't go around in cars, they use public transportation. Unlike the US, moving around in a car is somewhat of an unneeded luxury, as the city is perfectly livable using subway and buses - and more recently, the myriad of bikes, electric scooters and the like that you can rent with apps and leave wherever.
• truculent 8y ago
  also: running out of food and habitable space on the planet