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> Nor are we at fault. Yes, we are. The vast majority of our (first world) consumption is not something we are forced to do. We (again, first world, but partic
by jl6 3y ago
> Nor are we at fault.
Yes, we are. The vast majority of our (first world) consumption is not something we are forced to do. We (again, first world, but particularly here, in tech world) have comparatively massive disposable incomes and wide discretion about what we spend it on.
"I can't avoid plastics because it's what my sushi comes packaged in"
Don't buy the sushi.
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- nativeit 3y agoYou’re the delight of every B.S. oil company distraction campaign. You were precisely what the people who invented the term “carbon footprint” had in mind—an eager sucker.
- jl6 3y agoOil company revenues derive from the aggregate of consumer demand and behavior. Big Oil’s villainy in demand-generation campaigns and climate change denial is inexcusable, but this is a relatively small aspect of their nature. The majority of their activities are done because we consumers collectively ask them to do it. Pretending that there’s a small number of bad-guy oil bosses is attractive because it makes the problem seem tractable. The inconvenient truth is that the collective action we seek amounts to collective change in our own lives. Sent from my luxury smartphone.