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The thing is that I wasn’t selling hope, I was selling the opposite. The bulk of our habits suggest that snake oil will be sold and bought, especially in this c
by intended 6y ago
The thing is that I wasn’t selling hope, I was selling the opposite. The bulk of our habits suggest that snake oil will be sold and bought, especially in this case.
There are strong reasons that this particular solution is PR and big spending friendly. It converts the big issue into something which can be solved by “somebody else”
This does nothing to resolve the drives that generate pollution, and allow us to continue on our current path. It’s going to look amazing, the imagery of man grappling or synergising with Gaia will be relatively easy to sell compared to a say carbon taxes or voluntary targets.
Functionally humans operate at a global scale without a consensus mechanism that is effective at a global level as well as with our current development disparity levels.
- toper-centage 6y agoPretty much. You can keep doing everything you're doing, from flying every month to eating meat everyday! Just pay a convenient tree-planting/green-washing fee of 29.99 per month and you're set!