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In this case, people making $21 an hour are not worried about climate change. They're worried about putting food on the table, making rent etc. Climate change i
by 10u152 3y ago
In this case, people making $21 an hour are not worried about climate change. They're worried about putting food on the table, making rent etc. Climate change is a problem for the elites/big corps/government. The idea of making it a problem for the lowest in society - who are also generally the lowest co2 emitters - is unfair.
- voisin 3y ago> The idea of making it a problem for the lowest in society - who are also generally the lowest co2 emitters - is unfair. It is a problem for the lowest in society even if they are the lowest emitters. They are the ones sweltering in the heat or freezing in the winters because of insufficient insulation, getting flooded out of their homes built too close to waterways, etc etc. In this specific article they mention the lack of A/C in the vehicles as a major bargaining win. Whether they are responsible for the emissions or not (and you and I agree on this point that they largely are not), the lowest in society, by virtue of being most impacted, need to use their large numbers to hold elites accountable and make change.
- __del__ 3y agouh huh, they need to hop to it
- danaris 3y ago"The problem is mostly caused by the very wealthy and large corporations, but because the poor are and will be disproportionately victims of it, they need to be the ones spending their time and money to fix the problem, thereby leaving them even poorer and more exhausted than they already are!" ...Yeah, I don't think you've entirely thought this one through?
- voisin 3y agoI don’t think this quote is a fair interpretation of what I was saying. I don’t think the poor should fix it. I think they should force the hands of the wealthy to fix it. The wealthy aren’t and won’t do it on their own because they aren’t impacted the same way or to the same extent.