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Ask yourself "where is the greatest leverage to solve this problem?". If you think the fastest way to turn the climate ship around is to convince 7ish billion individuals to go vegan, and ride bikes... Good luck!
Hmm. I'm not really banking on anything. I'm just surviving. Hoping for the best but expecting something less optimal. I'm not a doomer because believe too much in love. Not that it will save us, but that it's the only thing that truly makes life worth living. Whatever it is, we're all in it together.
I think if you love yourself and others, then it is obvious what is good and what isn't.
I mean, sure. But you can't just convince a critical mass of people to understand love. If we're gonna turn the ship, we'll need to find something else to leverage. Regulations seem like the most obvious point to me.
Regulations backed by whom?
What do you mean? Government. This is the only real chance given the scale and timeliness of the change needed.
Yes, but a democratically elected government generally won't pass policy that isn't endorsed by many of its constituents. Policy that eg universally increases the cost of meat by placing strict limits on farmers would not do well without a significant shift in voter opinion and reduction in funding of animal agriculture lobby funding.
Yup. I didn't say it was very likely, just that of all the nigh-insurmountable obstacles, that one seems the most realistic.
Says a guy doing nothing? (based on below comments)
Huh? You don't know anything about what I'm doing or not.
"I'm not really banking on anything. I'm just surviving." Sorry if I misunderstood but that sounds like you're not helping?
I'm not banking on anything, as in "I don't have strong faith in any proposed solutions". I'm just surviving in the sense that, like so many of us, I'm doing my best to maintain my physical and mental health during these difficult times. For me, like so many of us, "doing something" me to maintain my physical and mental health.
I don't blame you for misunderstanding me. I can see how my previous comment could have come off that way. I do also want to say though, that "not helping" is okay too. If you don't have the capacity right now to do anything but exist, I understand. It's fuckin tough out there for a lot of people.
Taking care of yourself is so important, lots of respect for that. And you are totally right, it's okay (vital in fact!) to take breaks, to get away from it all. I apologise, I've seen too many online comments saying something derogatory towards those trying to do what they can while clearly sitting on the sidelines. Really appreciate your thoughtful response!
You will be missed, and your sacrifice will not be forgotten!
any policy of population control is necessarily eugenecist. you can personally favor it, but kindly keep it away from politics.
what policy can you introduce that doesn't favor a specific trait?
who gets enrolled?
how do you know where everyone is? what if someone is unaware of the lottery system?
if one country did this it's genocide against that country. if a pact of countries agree, it's still genocide against them. and if every government agreed, there are still people's who will not be effected.
every way you slice it, it's genocide. stop trying to figure out how to do genocide the right way.
you're still going to have enclaves of resistance, resulting in a genocide of those who comply.
there's better.
how magnanimous of you. as long as 50%+1 of the people favor genocide, you're on board.
i don't like genocide.
i prefer consent and consensus, but i'd also prefer that genocide architects fuck right off, and we see how that goes.
i don't care to engage in your rape fantasies after you went so mask-off about authoritarianism and genocide, thank you.
this is as bad faith as it gets.
the group who can be reached by governments.
stop trying to figure out how to do genocide the right way and just don't do genocide at all.
this isn't a campfire ban: it's genocide