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I thought the same thing then I saw how people freaked out over COVID and it gave me some hope. I thought masks would never catch on as much as they did. So per
by xwdv 5y ago
I thought the same thing then I saw how people freaked out over COVID and it gave me some hope. I thought masks would never catch on as much as they did. So perhaps there’s room for manipulating people into effective action if we can find the right triggers.
- s5300 5y agoThe right triggers have already been known forever. Look at the history of recycling campaigns in Texas. Bet you didn't know "don't mess with Texas" is about recycling. Unfortunately, toxic machismo is likely not going to work, especially nation wide, for things based purely in science. Seems pretty incompatible.
- shakezula 5y agoIt’s not people, it’s corporations that are the problem. Polling shows that >70% of people support legislation to combat climate change.
- aaron-santos 5y agoIn agreement. Average citizen preferences have no bearing[1] on the adoption of legislation. [1] https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fi...
- shakezula 5y agoI frequently try to express this to people and I don't know how to get it across sometimes. Our representative republic has been so clogged up by corporate interests that we can't even pass infrastructure that would benefit most of those same corporate interests at this point. I have basically zero faith that we will be able to address climate change in any meaningful way.