• capital@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    What’s more realistic to change? A few dozen companies or billions of people?

    My comment was meant to encourage the readers of the thread to make a change. So I think I’ll switch around your question.

    What’s more realistic to change? YOUR own consumption habits or corporations?

    What’s ironic is your argument is perfect for discouraging individuals from making changes in their own lives which would improve climate change. Who is the shill?

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      49 minutes ago

      1 persons individual change is not enough to matter. For individual carbon footprint changes to matter you need 100% participation across the planet to fix a small part of the problem.

      To make systemic change you need the majority of voters. So around 25% participation to fix 100% of the problem.

      I provided my source showing BP hired a marketing firm to get the public to focus on their individual carbon footprint.

      So to answer your question of who the shill is: I’d say the person repeating the fossil fuel talking points.

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        2 minutes ago

        I’d say the person repeating the fossil fuel talking points.

        I’d say it’s the one discouraging people change for the better.