 Whenever someone tells you that the climate crisis is a personal responsibility issue, show them this: The climate crisis is a billionaires crisis, a trillion-dollar corporations crisis, a capitalism crisis, a systemic inequality crisis. #climateChange #climateCrisis #climateCatastrophe #climate #corporatocracy #capitalism 43 comments
Yeah, people keep talking about recycling and whatnot, and yes, that's nice. But it's worth remembering that for example 95% of water use is industrial, so even if we all stopped using water for anything ever, humanity's total water use would only drop by 5%. Also, I note that the top 10 are all either coal or petrolium companies and they're like 20% by themselves. "But it's worth remembering that for example 95% of water use is industrial, so even if we all stopped using water for anything ever, ..." And do those industries use the water just for fun? No, it's to make the products that we all keep buying from them... The crisis we are responsible for is accepting capitalist accumulation and taking the benefits from it all without requiring politicians to keep wealthy classes and forces in check. That has reached crisis level because we were manipulated, and are still being manipulated to accept it, rather than rising up and making the fundamental changes that will keep humans and ecosystems alive into the future.  @LMNOChris @mxtthxw I’m gonna have to see at least a straw or two before I can answer that. @aral Agreed. But just so folks watching at home don’t feel completely helpless, can you also post actions that you see as valuable? Political organizing? Competing products/services to support instead? @rcbo @aral most important thing is political organising and protesting. Your personal consumer choices aren't likely to have much impact. Green party in the UK for example is almost entirely volunteer driven and always needs more help. Just a few extra hand campaigning in an area can swing an election, especially local politics. @Sammurraysutton @rcbo @aral I've had a very hard time with the Greens here in the UK. They opposed nuclear, and Lucas was especially loony with her Guardian op-ed about how men can't be trusted to lead. It was... alienating to say the least. With Corbyn ousted though, I'm now struggling to find a party worth voting for. Can you sell me on the Greens? @Sammurraysutton @rcbo @aral if your household income is above about US$100k/year, your spending choices are probably as important as your political choices - maybe even more so.  Climate crisis is a result from the hording of money and power by the very few, really just big time greed working against Mother Earth and its inhabitants.  @aral because OF COURSE 100 companies are responsible for 71% of all this. It's ALWAYS the companies. Great piece. @LordHofSeeland If you want me to take responsibility, give me authority to match. I'm taking responsibility for problems that predate my existence. @aral
@LordHofSeeland @aral I too take exception to the idea "it's not our fault"; @aral  @aral Can I remind everyone here of the need to set up a #Nuremberg process for the authors of the #ClimateGenocide ? https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2023-05-22-Climate-Change-as-Crime/   Its a capitalism crisis, unlimited growth and ditto profit is unsustainable… the model needs change.  @aral But all these (fossil fuels) companies have customers. Everything is interconnected. If masses of customers stop using fossil energy, these companies sell less. And all of this is also connected with politics: we need a change to sustainable energies. "Whenever someone tells you that the climate crisis is a personal responsibility issue, show them this:" And are you not enabling those 100 companies by directly or indirectly buying their products? Those companies are not causing the climate crisis by burning their fossil fuels on their own, you know. "The companies need to be regulated by government" You think that will stop people from buying and burning the fossil fuels those companies supply? That global footprint bullshit was just to hoodwink that we, as individuals, were as guilty as Shell and BP.  @aral @aral both those things are true - while it is a billionaires crisis, it is also a personal responsibility crisis - those companies are delivering good and services mostly to the billion or so people in the global middle class (income eg. US$20000-300000 annually). As long as we pay them, they'll continue to do it   |
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@aral Where’s the outrage over this? I never got an email or saw a post from my proverbial crazy uncle about anything like this.