> This is assuming that the dissonance is hurting more than the renunciation. It’s not about “the dissonance is painful, so they seek to correct it by not voti

> This is assuming that the dissonance is hurting more than the renunciation. It’s not about “the dissonance is painful, so they seek to correct it by not voting for reduced consumption”. It’s “voting to reduce consumption takes effort, in knowing what to vote for and in actually casting a vote, and people are unlikely to put in that effort if they are not putting in any effort elsewhere”. “Dissonance” was a poor choice of words for what I was trying to communicate.