• _NoName_@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    You’re herding cats at that point, though. The vast majority of people will not change their ways because:

    A: its exponentially harder for them to do so. Not driving in the majority of the US is flatout not viable for work and groceries, changing your diet is fucking difficult period, etc. Unless they’ve got a damned good reason that isn’t some cosmic cataclysm they don’t even fully get how it’ll affect them, they’re not going to change.

    B: Companies are actively pumping out propaganda and lobbying to fuck over anyone attempting to change the status quo. When shown two different pieces of information, people will usually choose the one that causes less cognitive dissonance, and being told you’re killing the planet by filling up your gas tank causes alot of that, so alot of people just buy into the big oil propaganda.

    We need to tackle these issues locally - getting entire towns and cities to actually cooperate with climate-friendly policies ; Then States; Then Countries - if we want to make any actual meaningful headway.