https://xcancel.com/nytopinion/status/1829879853165765055
https://archive.ph/lxKBc
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/opinion/heat-wave-air-conditioning-climate-change.html

  • vovchik_ilich [he/him]
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    17 days ago

    Individual, "consumer action" has almost no power or history of bringing about change, and installs the wrong mindset in people that "if you vote with your dollar things can fundamentally change through non revolutionary means".

    • Chronicon [they/them]
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      17 days ago

      for sure. But when the time comes, due to revolution or due to collapse, for the AC to be turned off, that last sentence will still be relevant.

    • Hexamerous [he/him]
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      17 days ago

      I get it, but this also feels like a "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism so there's no point in me depriving myself of my treats" excuse.

      If you live in your average American house that's way to big basically a carbord-box with no insulation sitting in an asphalt heat island, your lifestyle needs to be qin-shi-huangdi-fireball