People supporting businesses that ruin the environment is the problem. Sure its not our responsibility, the government needs to make changes but until then stop eating animal products, stop flying, driving car etc.

Vote with your wallet, thats the only thing they listen to.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think corporations' efforts to shift the view of responsibility from a collective goal to an individual one is one of the biggest problems we face. Individual action is almost never as impactful as collective action. While labor is told to take personal responsibility on individual issues, capital works collectively to consolidate power and amass more wealth. Individuals cannot shift that by themselves. "Vote with your wallet" will never lead to the substantial structural changes we desperately need.

[–] grandel@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I think corporations' efforts to shift the view of responsibility from a collective goal to an individual one is one of the biggest problems we face.

Agreed

Individual action is almost never as impactful as collective action.

Here in Germany we have a saying:

Was kann einer dagegen ausrichten? Fragte sich die halbe Menschheit.

Which roughly translates to:

What can a single person change? Half the population asked themselves.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Systemic problems require systemic solutions. It's not enough to ask billions of people to independently change their spending habits unfortunately.

[–] grandel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed

[–] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 1 year ago

Controversial opinion: spend all of your time on activism and none on unilateral sacrifices that won't lead to systemic change. You've only got so much time, money, willpower, etc.

The "carbon footprint" paradigm is designed to exhaust or discredit those who actually care, so that their political impact will be reduced. The moment one suggests that we fix this global prisoner's dilemma, they're labeled a hypocrite by people who don't understand economics.

[–] youpie_temp@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

don't vote with your wallet. vote with your voice, organize and make change✊

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Nope.

Like, I appreciate your energy, but no...

Go run for office yourself, or find someone else who has money and charisma. This is the only hope.