The deeper problem might be that they gave up on fighting inequality; which would give regular people enough breathing room to make changes on the margin. With

The deeper problem might be that they gave up on fighting inequality; which would give regular people enough breathing room to make changes on the margin. Without that, the argument is basically "We know that life is barely worth living, but we aren't going to help with that. Instead we want to make your life even worse to save the environment!"