71% of corporations is the new climate denial were at the bargaining stage now: “well the drastic sacrifice were going to have to make doesnt matter because corporations need to do something before I even attempt to start living in line with earths resources”
To what extent are we victims, and to what extent are we part of the system? This isn’t a simple thing to answer, and there’s not a single answer.
Corporations have too much power, but people fell into consumerism and fanboyism, defending their practices.
People talk about reducing electronic trash, but will buy the next shiny device at launch, before the last one stops working, will say that it’s a “needed improvement” when someone criticizes things like phones removing audio jacks, and look at people using older stuff as if they’re crazy. People talk about damaging production chains, but won’t prioritize local small ones. There are so many examples, but this is enough to get the idea.
At some point in the past 20-30 years I started recycling. My town had just installed these new separate trash bins, I was just tryna “do my part” and be able to say I didn’t contribute to the shit environment we will have in the future. Nowadays, I neither recycle, nor feel guilty about it. The illusion that I was doing anything productive with my time fell apart the time I saw the garbage guys pick up all the trash containers and dump them in the same truck. I asked them “hey, does the trash site have some way to sort the garbage?” thinking that maybe I was missing something. They said “nah” and moved on.
Nowadays I still watch the same trucks pick up the same trash cans in the exact same fucking way. In the meantime I’ve learned the company belongs to someone close to the mayor, so there’s not even a chance this kinda shit will be reprimanded, ever.
You can build the best fucking bridge you want, if there’s a corporation on the other side of the river, you’ll find yourself swimming anyway.
So no, buddy. Blaming corpos for the results of their actions isn’t just “the new climate denial”. Some of us have been cynical for a while now, and this is just another area where we don’t trust some shithead politician’s empty slogans.
Also, there’s no need to discredit all parties that disagree with you by aligning them with an obviously insane crowd, is there? Especially since that shit goes both ways - your post is also the type of post that a corporate shill would write. Should I label you as a corpo whitewasher, just cause your opinion is different than mine?
71% of corporations is the new climate denial were at the bargaining stage now: “well the drastic sacrifice were going to have to make doesnt matter because corporations need to do something before I even attempt to start living in line with earths resources”
But these corporations have the power to change what we as consumers buy or use, they have and are still resisting any changes and lie continuesly.
And if these companies don’t allow change it will not happen no matter what we do.
They own the media they own the politicians, without them we are doomed.
Some might say we are already doomed and the elite are squeezing the last out of us because they think they will somehow escape the consequences
To what extent are we victims, and to what extent are we part of the system? This isn’t a simple thing to answer, and there’s not a single answer.
Corporations have too much power, but people fell into consumerism and fanboyism, defending their practices.
People talk about reducing electronic trash, but will buy the next shiny device at launch, before the last one stops working, will say that it’s a “needed improvement” when someone criticizes things like phones removing audio jacks, and look at people using older stuff as if they’re crazy. People talk about damaging production chains, but won’t prioritize local small ones. There are so many examples, but this is enough to get the idea.
Somehow, people love brands and corporations.
They don’t remotely control the public as you might think. Let’s imagine at Walmart going full vegan tomorrow. What do you think will happen?
I forecast bankruptcy. You, I guess, imagine half of the dumbfuckistan going vegan?
At some point in the past 20-30 years I started recycling. My town had just installed these new separate trash bins, I was just tryna “do my part” and be able to say I didn’t contribute to the shit environment we will have in the future. Nowadays, I neither recycle, nor feel guilty about it. The illusion that I was doing anything productive with my time fell apart the time I saw the garbage guys pick up all the trash containers and dump them in the same truck. I asked them “hey, does the trash site have some way to sort the garbage?” thinking that maybe I was missing something. They said “nah” and moved on.
Nowadays I still watch the same trucks pick up the same trash cans in the exact same fucking way. In the meantime I’ve learned the company belongs to someone close to the mayor, so there’s not even a chance this kinda shit will be reprimanded, ever.
You can build the best fucking bridge you want, if there’s a corporation on the other side of the river, you’ll find yourself swimming anyway.
So no, buddy. Blaming corpos for the results of their actions isn’t just “the new climate denial”. Some of us have been cynical for a while now, and this is just another area where we don’t trust some shithead politician’s empty slogans.
Also, there’s no need to discredit all parties that disagree with you by aligning them with an obviously insane crowd, is there? Especially since that shit goes both ways - your post is also the type of post that a corporate shill would write. Should I label you as a corpo whitewasher, just cause your opinion is different than mine?