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While I don't have any intention of letting my carbon footprint balloon up, there's one point I thoroughly agree with you. This is not a problem that can be so
by esarbe 3y ago
While I don't have any intention of letting my carbon footprint balloon up, there's one point I thoroughly agree with you.
This is not a problem that can be solved with individual responsibility. It just makes you feel guilty. This is a systemic, a societal problem. And until this is addressed by policy, law and international treaty, no manner of individual do-gooding will solve the issue.
- abdullahkhalids 3y agoSystematic problems are solved by political action. Political consensus to change the status quo emerges from a some group of society taking individual responsibility, and then demanding/voting that society changes to their model. If no one ever takes the shitty public transit, how will politicians know that they should invest in better transit. Individuals pay the price of taking that shitty public transit and then demonstrate/campaign for better. If fast fashion is to be ended, you don't keep buying the latest outfits from The Gap every year. You individually pay high prices for the lasting products from niche stores. Then you use your demand as material to go campaign publicly to change norms and/or ask politicians to tax/regulate fast fashion items. Sure, there are some places where politicians can judge general sentiment and make laws ahead of public sentiment change, but in a lot of cases its the other way around.
- landemva 3y agoIndividuals can purchase items created locally, rather than exporting manufacturing pollution to developing nations. As Bud Light sales drop showed, consumer purchasing choices can make change.