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If individuals are responsible for just 1% of the issues then even if we eliminate them "bottom-up" completely, we are still left with 99% of issues that should
by d0mine 3y ago
If individuals are responsible for just 1% of the issues then even if we eliminate them "bottom-up" completely, we are still left with 99% of issues that should be fixed at another level.
For example, consider what would save more water: 10 million people stopping showering completely or one corporation stopping production of water-intensive crops in a desert.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoWhat if politicians do not have the political support to stop the one corporation because 9.99 million people like to consume the water intensive crops grown in the desert?
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- 2023throwawayy 3y agoTypically these water intensive crops are not even consumed by people! Much of it is alfalfa which gets exported to foreign cattle farms. We can very much stop raising these water intensive crops in the desert and affect exactly 0 people’s access to food.
- 23B1 3y agoActually, I think that localized thinking has benefits that are so much better than the status quo of globalization that that 99% the issues you describe would be vacated. Like let's talk about food, how we get bananas from across the globe. Who the hell needs bananas when you can buy fresh, seasonal fruit from the farmer an hour away? Yeah you might not get to have banana cream pie for Christmas, but you made a new friend (the farmer) had a good time (with your family at the peach orchard) and ate something that didn't need to be coated in poison to survive a f'ing trip through the Panama Canal! (I know I'm pulling this out of my ass – but you get the gist)
- adrianN 3y agoPeople want fresh fruit and vegetables year round though.
- RunSet 3y agoI don't expect the lone grocery shopper will be able to weigh the externalized costs of a cheap, delicious banana so accurately as a regulator. The trick is keeping the banana merchant from turning the regulator into a shareholder of BananaCo. Tell someone if you discover how to accomplish that.
- MadcapJake 3y agoWell put! Consumers have very divergent needs and desires in our system because we built our system to reduce consumer analysis and increase consumption. It's amazing that folks come on here and place additional responsibilities on consumers when all market forces are shoving them in the opposite direction. It's essentially victim blaming.