We need more heatwaves and natural catastrophes for the electorate to understand that voting for business is voting against themselves, their futures, and lives. Until people understand that, they’ll keep voting for politicians that are beholden to businesses. But it’s not just voting, they have to clean up their own small corner of the world by caring more about who and where they buy from, and changing habits:
you don’t need to heat your home to a level where you can wear shorts in winter
you don’t need to cool you home to a level where you can wear a sweater in summer
ask for doggy bags at the restaurant and buy less perishable goods if you cannot consume them in time
look where your products are coming from and try to buy local goods and services
use public transport, a bike, or your legs where possible
and much more
If people just wave of personal responsibility, blaming “those up there” and “that problem group” are just shifting blame and they are/become part of the problem.
I’ll add one that supersedes all the other you listed: stop making sacrifices while the rich are the ones destroying the planet and build a guillottine.
There shouldn’t be Peruvian asparagus available in European supermarkets when it is not the Asparagus season in Europe. All the heatwaves in the world won’t make right wing racists vote less right wing racist.
We need more heatwaves and natural catastrophes for the electorate to understand that voting for business is voting against themselves, their futures, and lives. Until people understand that, they’ll keep voting for politicians that are beholden to businesses. But it’s not just voting, they have to clean up their own small corner of the world by caring more about who and where they buy from, and changing habits:
If people just wave of personal responsibility, blaming “those up there” and “that problem group” are just shifting blame and they are/become part of the problem.
I’ll add one that supersedes all the other you listed: stop making sacrifices while the rich are the ones destroying the planet and build a guillottine.
Yes, aim for the skies and dreaming of revolution while doing absolutely nothing to get you there. That’s the ticket.
Or don’t do little miningless things that give you the excuse to not do anything about the real problems.
Thinking they’re meaningless, is a problem. Stop trying to talk people out making small changes. You’re an issue.
There shouldn’t be Peruvian asparagus available in European supermarkets when it is not the Asparagus season in Europe. All the heatwaves in the world won’t make right wing racists vote less right wing racist.