I have already accepted that there is nothing plebs can do about climate change. I can try hard by using public transport, using less plastic, and using less air conditioning, but all of those efforts are rendered useless by rich people going on vacation in yachts or private planes. And if you talk about reducing meat consumption, Americans will go mad, lol.

Ordinary plebs trying to prevent climate change is like subtracting $100 from a billion dollars - it does not make any meaningful difference.

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myaccountonhn 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They're not rendered useless. Do you argue the same way about voting too?

Ultimately consumption is 2/3s of all emissions, and the majority of it is not billionaires.

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defrost 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you saying that no billionaire profits from the consumption of others?

And, if some do, do they not maximise that profit by seeking to maximise the consumption of others?

	▲	therealdrag0 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Are you saying no pleb wants to consume? Are you saying no pleb demands more product? Are you saying no pleb wants their polluting employer to continue so they have a job? Are you saying no pleb chooses to lower cost but more polluting options at every turn?
	▲	myaccountonhn 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I say no such thing.

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plqbfbv an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Ordinary plebs trying to prevent climate change is like subtracting $100 from a billion dollars - it does not make any meaningful difference.

It stops making any difference if everyone stops trying. You compare this to subtracting $100 from a billion, but a billion dollars is composed of 10 million $100, and there's only a few rich people in those 10 million.

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reed1234 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But 800B dollars would matter. And you can vote.