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>The number of people struggling to keep their head above water is very high. Yet American emissions per capita are among the highest in the world. Something d
by tonyedgecombe 5y ago
>The number of people struggling to keep their head above water is very high.
Yet American emissions per capita are among the highest in the world. Something doesn't add up.
- scollet 5y agoBeing poor is incredibly expensive.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoIn reality climate change is a problem caused by the rich, not the poor. Poor people can't afford to consume much, it's the rich who can afford big cars, large houses and flights to Bali.
- scollet 5y agoI don't think consumers on the lower class strata could be blamed for climate change, but we have a series of massive industrial complexes and incentives which creates a lot of feedback. Those without the means don't really have the leverage against this economic apparatus. I think you're right, but we'll need to see a lot of empathy and humility exemplified in our societal power structures. I don't like that we built those structures as pyramids, but I also don't think anyone likes the idea of the foundation collapsing.