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"In the end, it's up to consumers." No it's not. Please don't spread sinister pro industry falsities like this. Nothing has ever changed because of some symbol
by kossTKR 3y ago
"In the end, it's up to consumers."
No it's not. Please don't spread sinister pro industry falsities like this. Nothing has ever changed because of some symbolic drops in the ocean.
Regulation and collective action is the only thing that has ever worked, all personal lifestyle choices are romanticizations about personal effects that the industry loves because it has pushed responsibility to consumers, like much of the astroturfed recycling movement that is theatre hiding actual policy making.
If people want to do anything that makes any kind of actual difference they should get into anything that's anti the big industry lobbies or collective action and see through the jungle of astroturfing and "lifestyle signaling" greenwashing noise.
- tmikaeld 3y agoI point out in my post that it's hopeless, that huge forces are pushing for more plastic. What's left? Only consumers affecting the supply and demand - or tech. I'm hoping more of a technological revolution, like this: https://twitter.com/thebetterindia/status/1673020840374333440 https://twitter.com/thebetterindia/status/167302084037433344... Algae is abundant, easy to grow and completely compostable - the problem - again, is capitalism holding it hostage.
- simiones 3y agoVoters have a much higher chance of collectively modifying this behavior than consumers do. It's not easy, and the will doesn't seem to be there yet, but it's a hell of a lot easier to influence politicians than corporate conglomerates.