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I won't make any comments for or against it, I'll just remind people that the wealthiest 10% of people in the US are responsible for 40% of global warming emissions, and that BP invented the concept of a "carbon footprint" to shift the blame for global warming off of the companies that produce it, and on to the consumers forced into an economy that doesn't offer good alternatives. Don't bother turning the lights off when you leave the room. Don't bother using shitty paper straws. Don't bother turning the water off while you wash your hands. All of that is immediately undone when a company leaves the lights on 24/7 at every location in an attempt to reduce theft, and wraps everything in tons of plastic for shipping across seas, and that rich guy down the street who waters his lawn at 3:00 AM every single day regardless of whether it's currently raining or you're in the middle of a drought.

Every single thing that every single person in East Palestine Ohio ever did to reduce their impact on the climate was undone and then some by Norfolk Southern back in February, because maintaining the trains that carried fucking WWI era chemical weapons would cost a little bit of money.

But like

Don't get radicalized or anything lol

I don't understand why so many people are vehemently against taking up any form of personal responsibility. The idea that everyone can just shit on the environment because corporation's aren't doing enough is juvenile bs. It's a comfort zone that enables these corporations in the first place.

Workers who ignore personal responsibility towards the environment currently, won't suddenly all start caring as soon as a successful workers revolution takes place. And the workers are unlikely to vote to cutback devastating industrial practices if their lifestyle is now even more closely tied to the success of their industry. Furthermore, the workers who are used to being nihilistic consumers, can now live more lavish and destructive lifestyles, promoting further industry.

I'm a commie, and I'm not anti industry either, but it is incredibly important that we cultivate a sense of responsibility to the planet, not just our comrades. We can't simply rely on the dream of luxury space communism to save us, if we do we are no better than the technocrats who have a policy of break now and fix later.

Go vegan for the animals - and to stop supporting meat conglomerates owned by billionaires.

It's because it isn't really something that is supposed to be very impactful on an individual basis.

The trend to push for people trying to eat less meat instead of no meat is because the majority of the population is unwilling currently to give up meat entirely, and are deciding on no changes to their diet when petitioned to try being vegetarian or vegan. But, if you can get most people to eat just less meat, there is a collective impact to the meat industry, and as a bonus, someone who has already agreed to reduce the meat in their diet is easier to convince to cut more meat than someone who has never agreed to change their diet at all.

Everything is better than doing nothing. And you do nothing

I half-agree, as it's not only about not eating meat that day. It also makes people realize that there's actually good dishes you can do that taste good without a big, fat piece of meat. That might be obvious to you, but many people still don't accept that fact. Having a meatless day offers an opportunity to showcase vegetarian lifestyle to non-vegetarians. And once people realize that "hey, that's not as bad as I've thought!", they're gonna make vegetable stir-fry next Saturday too.

Aren't you out here patting yourself on the back for not doing that?

It’s the social mindset shift that’s important. Start doing things to change, no matter how small, and everything builds from there. Just do something.

I am patting myself on the back right now as a reward for readinf your comment, and you can't stop me.

I'm a god damn meat eater. Do I get a pat on the back for not eating meat 6/7 weekdays? No. I get vegans screeching at me.

Rather do meat Mondays, or just switch to chicken.

If you wanted to say the same thing in spanish and french, then it would be "Vive la révolution", as Vive la résistance refers to the group fighting the nazi occupation of France

You don't have to. But at least try it. Eating meat every day isn't that healthy.

It's just completely independent of climate change

If everyone being oppressed is rallied together then it’s an immensely powerful force, but those at the top are always working to keep us divided, uneducated, and poor.

You can’t unite the people together until you educate them more. You can’t educate them more until you remove them from poverty. You can’t get them out of poverty until you redistribute the wealth. You can’t redistribute the wealth until you forcibly take it from the ruling class. You can’t force my take it until you unite the people together, etc. etc.

That or you wait until food and water is so scarce that the majority of the population becomes concerned if they can survive in the short term. But that’s a wildcard situation that could go in any direction.

Some people still have something to lose, I guess. I'm not sure I have much left, though. Just bills I can currently afford to pay, kind of, barely. I mean, I'm looking for a second job so I can have an easier time paying off a massive dentist bill, and literally no free time, so I got that to look forward to.

But no partner, no kids, it's just my mom and my dog that keep me from driving my car into someone's mansion, some days. I'm so tired.

Well, more meat-like substances. They're meat adjacent, just within a normal human budget.

Most of America can because of subsidies

Not even bottom left?