• ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today
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    5 months ago

    Is it better for people ignoring environmental issues to be comfortable or mildly annoyed, assuming they aren't taking action either way?

    • Voidance [none/use name]
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      5 months ago

      The problem is working class activists are taking the hit for the wealthy people funding these organisations. And they are taking risks and devoting their time to a strategy which we know will not work, and which doesn’t just disdain popular support but is specifically antagonistic to it. I don’t doubt the activists hearts are in the right place, but I also don’t think they will achieve anything positive. It’s not an ethics thing, it’s a question of what’s actually practical.