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Don’t feel powerless and continue to try (climatejustice.rocks)
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Doomers keep saying we are stuffed. They may be right and definitely will be right if we do nothing.

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Regulate the rich. Everything else is a distraction and will not save us.

Simplistic answers don't help.

Who are the rich?

Do you consider yourself one of the rich that need regulating?

To the majority of the world's population every person who lives in a western democracy is one of the rich who need regulating.

I don't own or dive a car and haven't for a decade. Yet my impact (as miniscule as it is) is still 4 or 5 times that of the average person in India. To them, I am part of the problem.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who are the rich?

Start with whoever owns those cargo ships.

Do you consider yourself one of the rich that need regulating?

I do not own any cargo ships.

I did not obstruct the development of electric vehicles.

I did not obstruct the construction of nuclear, solar, and wind power plants.

I did not forbid mixed zoning, which would decrease commute distance and therefore fuel consumption.

I did not outsource any manufacturing overseas.

So no.

To the majority of the world’s population every person who lives in a western democracy is one of the rich who need regulating.

Then they aren't thinking too hard about who does what. Some people, such as tycoons, NIMBYs, and Republican voters, are part of the problem. Others are not. These are individuals, not countries.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Circling back to what I said about the doomers:

The major part of not having to change their behaviour is Still supporting and voting the people who are ignoring the problems and stopping systematic change

That is why they are a problem I think we are both in agreement on.