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Matt's avatar

Per usual the solution is to eat the rich.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/this-study-calculated-the-carbon-emissions-of-getting-rich

The personal habits that matter are not tied to recycling or remembering to turn off the lights, but actually just having less money and/or spending that money in less impactful ways. My $0.02 anyway.

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Jen Gurecki's avatar

So why do we feel so shitty about ourselves when we have less money?

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Matt's avatar

Ha! Maybe I should've worded that differently, because financial instability is absolutely a thing that is really fucking hard. But I'll play it out... To what extent have we internalized the values of capitalism? Do we still yearn for acceptance within a society that is sick in almost every way? Have we surrounded ourselves with others who share our values? Have we not sufficiently leaned into the ancient tradition of claiming a life of poverty as moral and ethical high ground over others?

I'm sassing a little, but you probably know it.

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Kathleen Hollingsworth's avatar

Thank you.

Fracking? Really?

Was that just because of being in PA? The state that holds the power to decide for all of us?

ugh.

Thanks, well written...

K

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