flabberghaster

flabberghaster wrote (edited )

Reply to "No ethical consumption" was never supposed to be an excuse for making the shittiest choices by cowloom

Ten million percent! This has been a huge bugbear of mine for so long.

I also feel like people use the whole "the top ten corporations produce most of the green house gas" thing as an excuse not to be better. Yes there's systemic issues and we shouldn't waste our time trying to scold people who individually make very little difference. But a collective is made up of individuals acting in concert, and if you make the worst decisions you're still part of the problem, even tho you shouldn't be expected to solve the crisis alone.

Even if you don't care about the killing of animals, it's still a good idea to eat less meat from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions. You don't get to say "chevron pollutes more than me" when eating meat is probably among the most carbon intensive things most people do.

Also, those corporations burn so Mich carbon to sell stuff to people. They're doing it partly to satisfy consumer demand.

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flabberghaster wrote

Reply to comment by twovests in Bernie Sanders released this video, what do you think? --- "I disagree with Kamala’s position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote for her?" Here is my answer: by twovests

I suspect she's trying the Starmer playbook (which is the standard dem one). Just try to not say anything that gets you a negative news cycle and be the alternative while you let your opponent be horrible.

For this she needs to not piss off the big donors or corporate class, and they tend to be pro Zionism. The fact that most people aren't is one thing, but the fact that the news media, advertisers, and big donors tend to be means if she says she supports reigning in Israel's actions, that's gonna create a news cycle or risk turning off the donors.

This is the same reason dems never do good things. M4A is popular among the populace, but unpopular among the rich donors, and if they went for it their more conservative opponents would get the donations instead if them and then beat them.

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flabberghaster wrote

Reply to Bernie Sanders released this video, what do you think? --- "I disagree with Kamala’s position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote for her?" Here is my answer: by twovests

He's not wrong. Obviously trump is worse. We know this. But I'm not voting for genocide.

Fuck the democrats for playing chicken every four years with the presidency. Why are they engaging in this deeply unpopular war and then making it everyone else's fault when they lose? Fuck them.

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