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Responding specifically to the "vote carefully every couple years" part of this presumably sarcastic remark: I think this kind of throwaway comment belittles th
by dangoor 3y ago
Responding specifically to the "vote carefully every couple years" part of this presumably sarcastic remark: I think this kind of throwaway comment belittles the fact that voting _does_ matter.
Last night, the Republicans held a primary debate in which none would acknowledge human-caused climate change. Last year, the Democratic party passed the inflation reduction act which puts a bunch of resources into addressing climate change: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Act
"Recycle our plastic" may be worthless, but voting and acting while also developing technical solutions really does matter.
- wahnfrieden 3y agovoting is at best tactical harm reduction, like plastic recycling. at worst it's a distraction from necessary change, like plastic recycling.
- dangoor 3y agoDo you have a solution for the "necessary change" that does not involve governments? Or are you in the "we're all going to die anyway so it doesn't matter what we do at this point" camp?
- wahnfrieden 3y agosure, and absolutely not
- myshpa 3y agoThe necessary changes are situated on the production side.
- wahnfrieden 3y agoabsolutely