Society knows it’s doing things that will do immense harm to the environment for many generations to come. So why can’t it change? We like donuts too much.
I mean, people in the U.S. have the largest impact on the environment compared to other first-world countries. And first world countries have a much, much larger impact on the environment compared to the rest of the world. It’s not linear, either. I agree with the argument that much more culpability rests on those with more power, but I think that also translates into socioeconomic power individually.
I also agree that there is a blame-shifting propaganda campaign, but I think that also includes a point about not blaming consumerism, which also is a huge determinant in the status quo.
Personally, I think as usual, complex topics will have complex solutions; I think you’re both right up until the point where it excludes each other’s points. No-one is forcing anyone to choose only one thing to work on.
Oh, we can totally blame consumerism. We just can’t do so entirely and relieve ourselves of the burden of the future because we found a partial root cause.
I mean, people in the U.S. have the largest impact on the environment compared to other first-world countries. And first world countries have a much, much larger impact on the environment compared to the rest of the world. It’s not linear, either. I agree with the argument that much more culpability rests on those with more power, but I think that also translates into socioeconomic power individually.
I also agree that there is a blame-shifting propaganda campaign, but I think that also includes a point about not blaming consumerism, which also is a huge determinant in the status quo.
Personally, I think as usual, complex topics will have complex solutions; I think you’re both right up until the point where it excludes each other’s points. No-one is forcing anyone to choose only one thing to work on.
Oh, we can totally blame consumerism. We just can’t do so entirely and relieve ourselves of the burden of the future because we found a partial root cause.