Thread turns to personal responsibility and consumption
4 Sep 21 4:20 AM · 2d ago · 9 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 6
Several commenters argue individuals share blame through consumption habits, streaming, flying and shopping, urging cuts to spending and donations to biodiversity charities.
“Everyone can protest against climate change just by cutting their consumption by 80% - ouchhhh but doable”
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Everyone can protest against climate change just by cutting their consumption by 80% - ouchhhh but doable - spend less on clothes, food, your house, and travel - give what you save to charities that fund biodiversity 🌱
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Let’s call a murder. They are killing the planet. They are killing all of us.
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Will not! Including the assholes who are doing this to our only home planet.
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Also reflect on our collective apathy and privileged priorities. We keep consuming, watching, flying, driving, living in excess, enabling ... Not acting like it is immediate; not believing we can make a difference
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We are all being slowly killed by capitalism. It was always a deeply flawed and resource- and time-limited system that harmed more than it helped.
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Yes and people need to stop buying stuff they do not need! Stop giving them money by paying for streaming and still watching ads. Stop scrolling all day long. Just stop.
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OK. “Call it what it is” - and then what?
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musk, bezos, chevron, aramco, shell, bp, cargill, us-steel etc
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