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[–] object_Object@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Those things still help though, and we have no control over what big ass corporations do

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[–] TemporaryBoyfriend@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Strange how people can be so oblivious as to the role they play in the consumption of energy and materials...

I've recently started to believe that the only way climate change is going to end is if a very, very large percentage of the human population dies off very quickly... like... 70-80% or more. One billion people still seems like too many.

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's both really.

Finger pointing at corporations while doing nothing may not be as bad as corps finger pointing at us while doing nothing. But it's still bad.

Everyone needs to make an effort on this.

Hoping corporations will somehow grow a conscience isn't accomplishing anything.

Imagine if nearly everyone was using public transit instead of voting out politicians because gas prices got a little too high. That might make the corps think there was more money in green energy than drilling up more oil.

Corporations are not going to fix the problem out of the goodness of their hearts no matter how much people whine about it. It's only going to happen when voters (and consumers) demand it.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Most voters support climate change policy. The problem is the select few that block everything (mainly due to corporate lobbying).

Corporations, NIMBYs, and redtape are actively blocking common sense climate change related initiatives like public transit and high speed rail networks.

This is more of a case of our leaders not listening to those they represent

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[–] paciencia@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

also don't forget to pee in the shower guys

[–] Cybermass@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

This is just a fact, and since media outlets never mention it you can tell who they are in the pocket of (the large corp advertisers)

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Have we tried to kill all the poor?

I'm not saying do it. I'm saying run it through the computer, see if it would work.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

BUT MAH PROFITS!! WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF MAH CORPORATE PROFITS????

[–] redditcunts@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And they are just burning that shit into nothing for no reason. Not my fault the world is burning, it's the evil corps forcing us to buy shit.

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