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0 pointscrispinb6y ago0 comments

> What do you think a reasonable thing for them to do is?

I have a hard enough time figuring out what a reasonable thing for me to do is. Deconstruction is always the easy part. One thing we can be certain of at this stage is that 'startup' culture with its emphasis on catastrophic global entropy increase (ie. so-called 'economic growth') is a road to nowhere good.

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tlb6y ago

You can go carbon-neutral yourself. It’s not cheap, but it keeps getting cheaper over time. Then eliminate meat from your diet and reduce your plastic waste.

If everyone did that, the biggest problems would be solved. So that’s a reasonable thing for you to do.

Don’t fall for the learned helplessness encouraged by fossil fuel companies.

crispinbOP6y ago

> If everyone did that, the biggest problems would be solved

Any solution to a problem that starts 'If everyone did ...' is the deadest of expired ducks.

Global ecosystem collapse is a systems issue of vast complexity. While we need at a minimum to (1) take down capitalism and (2) explore social and 'economic' (scare quotes intended) alternatives, no-one really knows how to do these things. They're certainly far beyond my capacities to contemplate. This has little to do with 'fossil fuel companies'.

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