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am i going to get yelled at
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5vr5-WVgAM6Ih6?format=jpg&name=large
https://twitter.com/biboofficial/status/1412982293963018247
Western leftists: eat less meat, that is individual choice and it matters greatly!
Global south: burn less carbon, pls, the ocean is drowning us
Western leftists: :pit: :pit: :pit:
Planned obsolescence is the other side of that coin, and is also a huge issue that could be rooted out from the top down.
But the overall point of this meme is accurate -- solving climate change will involve changes in individual consumption habits (so will not solving climate change, incidentally). A small example that hit home with me is the ability to walk into a grocery store and get 100 different kinds of fruit year-round, no matter where you are in the U.S. That's extremely carbon-intensive, so maybe in the future we need to eat only seasonal fruits.
Even relatively minor changes like that; only eating seasonal fruits; can really only happen top-down. People by and large will eat whatever's available. Only way to cut down on excessive consumption is to cut down the supply chains so there's less available in the stores.
Absolutely. The end result will be changes in individual consumption habits, though, which is my reading of the meme at the top of this thread. Individual action isn't going to accomplish the necessary changes, but the necessary changes will be felt on an individual level.