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Climate change requires systematic change not enforcing "personal sacrifice". Globalization was touted as a tool to ensure the world will not descend into anoth
by mathverse 4y ago
Climate change requires systematic change not enforcing "personal sacrifice". Globalization was touted as a tool to ensure the world will not descend into another world war but in the process it destroyed countless of sustainable, good for climate businesses.
We transport so much goods that could be produced locally thousands of kilometers across the planet literally just because of corporate profits.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoGlobal transport isn't really the problem. It's relatively efficient and technically easy to decarbonize. Shipping things from countries that have natural resource advantages is fine. Shipping things from other countries because they do things that are illegal in your own country (whether that’s labor rights, environmental regulations, lack of democracy, slavery or whatever) is bad.
- seanw444 4y agoWorld war is a necessary evil. A one world government sounds like an incredible way to have an inescapable totalitarian regime. If it isn't in the beginning, it will be in the end. All nations trend towards totalitarianism, almost like clockwork.