The decisions of people absolutely influence what companies are doing. While the plastic straw each individual drops onto the floor or the burger they eat may not be the major driver of climate change, it is the way people chose to live (in the western world) that is responsible for climate change.

Releasing people from that responsibility will lead to them just slumb back into their comfort zone and doing nothing.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No amount of individual responsibility will overcome corporate intentions without regulation or real competition. Neither of which seem to be on deck.

[–] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

People, on a large scale, will never do that. That's not in human nature, and thinking everyone will willingly stop driving and buying meat is just the least productive kind of dreaming.

Those in charge will never change either, unless forced.