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[–] bossito@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I upvoted because this message still didn't reach everyone, but I guess it's just that people are in denial.. like, isn't this obvious? And weren't there already dozens of studies proving it?

[–] sicjoke@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’ll go completely meat free when the super rich go private jet free.

[–] bossito@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, if everyone thinks like that nobody does anything ever.. even the richest of the rich can say "it's not because of me", because it really isn't. This is a man made disaster, but not by any single man. Some contribute more, others less, but the idea that only the rich polute is complete bonkers.

[–] kicksystem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I think that's the point. People don't want to change, so they say: "I'll change when they'll change." Knowing full well that it is a deadlocked situation.

[–] renownedballoonthief@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll stop fucking sheep when everyone else stops fucking cows.

That's you. That's how dumb you sound.

[–] WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Interesting comparison there. But hey, I'm not kink shaming.

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

Other people doing bad things doesn't justify you doing bad things.

[–] sicjoke@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Agreed, but it’s too easy to come after plebs like me and my eating habits when comparably private air flight is responsible for orders of magnitude more co2.

Me turning down my heating or eating less bacon is not going to have the kind of impact that big corporations, government, and super wealthy could have if they curbed their destructive habits.

[–] Vegoon@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

private air flight is responsible for orders of magnitude more co2.

Aviation worldwide creates 2% of man made GHG, food production 25% and could be reduced by 75% with a plant based diet.

[–] NotAPenguin@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

How do we hold evil corporations accountable if not refusing to give them our money?

We can do better in our own lives while advocating for bigger change.