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I have heard meat-eating car-drivers push this line of thinking for at least two decades. You know the sort of person: willing to rag on the republicans or th
by frabbit 7y ago
I have heard meat-eating car-drivers push this line of thinking for at least two decades. You know the sort of person: willing to rag on the republicans or the Koch brothers for being bad, but ultimately unwilling to do anything except moan about how it is all too hard.
- swayvil 7y agoThe billionaires choose the song, we only dance to it. Unless you fancy a cardboard box under a viaduct.
- NeedMoreTea 7y ago...until it's so far gone folks start reaching for pitchforks or constitutionally enshrined assault weaponry.
- hakfoo 7y agoIndividual decisions are not going to affect economic signals meaningfully. How many Brazillian ranchers stop clear-cutting if you or I go vegan? The impact on their market is essentially immeasurable. In contrast, a state level policy can move the needle. If the rest of the world slaps a $10/kg tariff on Amazonian beef, their business collapses rapidly. Of course, then we get into unknown consequences where we don't know what they'll try next to salvage the wreckage of the industry.
- manicdee 7y agoIf you think individual decisions are not going to send economic signals, ask the US car industry about ICE sales.