• @DragonAce@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    These companies will not change unless they are forced to do so and our government isn’t going to do shit since most of congress is in the pocket of big oil. So what are our other options?

    Everyone likes to blame individuals for not using renewables or buying an electric car, when it reality their options were limited in the first place by big oil. Most people can barely afford to put food on the table and green or renewable products are usually significantly more expensive and not really an option. Besides that, IIRC ordinary citizens only account for roughly 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions. So the onus lies on big oil to make changes and offer affordable renewable options instead of the same gas guzzling/polluting bullshit we’ve been offered up to this point. But like I said, they won’t do something like that unless they are forced to do so, they will always pursue profit over people, unless those people get in their faces and force them to pursue other options.

    • @explodicle@local106.com
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      41 year ago

      most of congress is in the pocket of big oil. So what are our other options?

      Vote only for candidates against FPTP. When that’s gone, we can just vote for candidates who are against big oil.

      • Aesthesiaphilia
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        21 year ago

        We don’t have time for that. Just vote Democrat, and vote in the primary.

        Undoing FPTP will take a generation. I agree it should be done, but it’s not the priority.

          • Aesthesiaphilia
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            11 year ago

            No, I’m saying we can get climate change fixed without undoing fptp. Just give democrats a permanent supermajority. Much like in California.

            • @explodicle@local106.com
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              31 year ago

              How would you respond to GP’s point that most Democrats are corrupt too? Nobody here is arguing that they’re as bad as Republicans. But just electing them with no regard to their policy positions will produce right wing Democrats who will ultimately hold the same positions as Republicans, and then they’ll split into two FPTP-supporting parties like the Democratic-Republican party did. We will have won a name and nothing more.

              • Aesthesiaphilia
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                11 year ago

                Nobody here is arguing that they’re as bad as Republicans.

                You may not be, but plenty of people do make this argument, at which point I start calling them irredeemably stupid.

                But just electing them with no regard to their policy positions

                Every Democrat is better than every Republican, period. Given the choice between the two, it’s an obvious choice.

                The time to care about policy positions is in the primaries, in local elections in safe Democrat districts, and in internal democratic party elections (which you may not even know happen, but I attend all of them and it’s an excellent way to meet face to face with the people who in 10 years will be running your state).

                And then, yes, when you get a place that’s safely Democratic, you have the democrats split into a more left and a more right wing. But the new right wing of the democrats is the old left wing.

                • @explodicle@local106.com
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                  21 year ago

                  Why are you arguing with (and name calling) people who aren’t even here?

                  That’s not a given.

                  Internal elections that most working class people can’t attend is one of our problems; they’re taking advantage of voter fatigue.

                  What you’re describing already happened. Every Democratic-Republican was better than every Whig. And then the Democrats were bribed further and further right. If we don’t demand that they make themselves easy to replace, then it will happen again.

                  • Aesthesiaphilia
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                    11 year ago

                    Every Democrat is better than every Republican, period. Given the choice between the two, it’s an obvious choice.

                    How is this not a given? With the modern GOP, how could you ever trust anyone who allies themselves with that party? Even if they’re personally a saint, they’re still allied to the GOP.

                    Internal elections that most working class people can’t attend is one of our problems; they’re taking advantage of voter fatigue.

                    Guess which states have implemented vote-by-mail? Democratic strongholds.

              • Aesthesiaphilia
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                11 year ago

                How would you respond to GP’s point that most Democrats are corrupt too?

                Sorry, skipped this. I would say a) it’s an order of magnitude less than Republicans, and b) democratic voters are more willing to hold their candidates to task.

                Still a no brainer.

                • @explodicle@local106.com
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                  31 year ago

                  What does “holding them to task” look like if we’ll ultimately vote for anyone with a (D) next to their name? Like, yell at them or something?

                  • Aesthesiaphilia
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                    11 year ago

                    Primary them. Oust them from the party.

                    See: Andrew Cuomo, Katie Hill, Al Franken…

                    That never happens on the Republican side.

    • @reverendz@lemmy.ml
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      31 year ago

      It’s time for radical action and violent resistance.

      We’re staring into the face of human extinction and people are still quibbling about consumer choice.

      it’s going to take much, much more direct and violent action to force change.

    • @Zippy@lemmy.world
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      11 year ago

      If current green companies can’t make affordable options, why in God’s earth would you think it would be cheaper if conventional energy companies join the mix?

      Your entire statement is conflicting. Angry about high costs being unaffordable then suggesting oil companies to not produce low cost energy that keeps prices down while acknowledging the high cost of green energy.

    • @sin_free_for_00_days
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      11 year ago

      We could stop voting for the same ineffectual, bought, corrupt representatives. But if I’ve learned one thing, it’s that Americans love their front runners and will almost always vote for the front runner, regardless of effectiveness. Yes, individuals can’t be blamed for the lack of regulation, yet they can be blamed for voting for the same fuckers for decades while bitching about the other side not letting them get anything done. It is just a fantastic, dysfunctional relationship/system.