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benbristow[dead post] ◴[] No.42166108[source]
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1. nso ◴[] No.42166139[source]
First post and it turned into a US politics discussion. Great.

What do you think will fix it?

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2. Windchaser ◴[] No.42166150[source]
What odds do you want to give that this person doesn't really see it as a problem anyway?
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3. benbristow ◴[] No.42166164[source]
The whole topic is political.

What do you think the fix is? Because the only 'solution' seems to be adding more and more taxes to the average Joe whilst endless e-waste/junk gets shipped over from China via AliExpress/Temu day to day.

4. benbristow ◴[] No.42166177[source]
We keep getting told the average Joe is to blame for eating meat and taking flights whilst large corporations/industry laugh at us. Make it make sense.
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5. CooCooCaCha ◴[] No.42166192[source]
Politics is everywhere any affects every facet of your life. The idea of being apolitical, non-political, or politically neutral are a myth.
6. aniviacat ◴[] No.42167500{3}[source]
Temu doesn't ship items across the world for fun. They do it because the average Joe pays them to do it.

The meat industry doesn't hold excessive amounts of cattle for fun. They do it because the average Joe pays them to do it.

These industries don't just happen to exist. They exist because the average Joe wants them to exist.

If the average Joe stopped buying meat, stopped shopping on Temu and stopped buying palm oil, these industries would cease to exist within days.

But the average Joes wants them to exist. The average Joe decides, every single day, over and over again, that he wants these industires to destroy the climate.

Oh but it's just so convenient and cheap to shop on Temu.