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No. 406922
>>406916Who says it has to? Why can't people just explore reasoning? I'm interested in anecdotes people have collected about the world and the reasons why they feel that way/why they don't. Idk what life is like for all people and it's interesting to me, especially considering this is such a specific cross-section of the internet that isn't easily found on say, reddit, but ok.
I don't think the concept needs to necessarily be chalked up to "it doesn't get anywhere". Imo, it doesn't need to, but ok.
No. 406930
>>406920i agree with this. take for example the pollution produced by individual countries, richer countries generally produce more pollution than poorer ones. people in 3rd world, and even in 2nd world countries use up exponentially less resources than people in the 1st world.
the problem isnt overpopulation, its greedy fuckers and their companies using up resources for themselves, and then trying to shift the blame onto everyone else when their actions have serious consequences.
No. 406952
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>>406942NTA, but this is you right now. Anon is (probably) not in the same sphere as someone like Jeff Bezos. Even if she, or you, or me go to live in a tent, the people making up the bulk of these problems will keep doing what they're doing. Comments like this are largely worthless, and really only serve to suppress any
valid criticism of the status quo.
No. 406954
>>406930This is exactly the problem. Until you work for one of the big box retail stores (ie Wal-Mart), you don't realize how incredibly fucking wasteful one single store can be let alone dozens more. Hundreds of graphics printed and sent to stores to be put up for a week to maybe a month before being thrown away. The plastic they use to put pricing onto shelves and on the pegs holding items is constantly replaced when it gets old/broken (which is a lot). Store chains will collect the old cardboard to be recycled, but that doesn't mean they make an effort to recycle everything (paper, plastic, etc). Damaged items are simply thrown away, even if otherwise functional (like a garbage can without a lid).
It's like the water and soda companies pointing their finger at the consumer for not recycling their planet-harmful plastic bottles. Until the government stops fellating the companies for $$$ and makes them accountable, we're kinda fucked.
No. 406960
>>406955Raising awareness and demanding change on a mass scale that includes
everyone, not just the little people. Watching those in power like hawks and not just advocating everything to our own personal responsibilities in some misguided, sad attempt at thinking you alone can save the world.
We need to stop scolding each other for not always turning off the lights when we leave the house or wearing graphic tees made in factories for the world collapsing, and start grilling those who use up exponential amounts of energy and resources on a huge scale for things that don't need it.
Jeff Bezos is not some uncontrollable, unchanging part of nature. Hold him and those like him accountable for their actions, and do whatever is necessary to make them do better. They don't
have to sell and make profit like this, they
choose to. Letting them get away with it and going "Hmm, I will just recycle myself and not pay these companies money on my own to save the planet :)" isn't the answer. We already know most of the world won't do that, and convenience does not
have to necessitate waste.
No. 407557
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>>406930Poor countries actually produce a huge amount of waste, because they're too poor to move onto sustainable practices like rich countries are (to an extent). Wealthy powerful people in poor countries also take money from wealthy powerful people in rich cou tries which allows them to dump waste there. Believing that everyone in poor countries lives this meagre life wrapped in pure cloth is pretty…idk. Naive? Outdated?
No. 407560
>>406960Points of view like this are patently ridiculous. North America is the third most populated land mass in the world - how are you going to get nearly half a billion people to agree on one course of sustainable action, when many just plain don't give a shit or don't even believe in half the reasons why waste is bad? There needs to be a cultural shift away from consumption, but try telling wannabe influencers on IG/YT that fast fashion doesn't actually define them as people, when it can actually end up being their career?
Everyone wants an easy way to transcend money issues, blaming the few who manage it (like Bezos) without criticising HOW he managed to get there in the first place is missing the root cause.
No. 407561
>>407557I hope you understand why a lot of these poor countries can't handle waste is because the great governments of the west export their waste to these countries for them to process it without the means or infrastructure. Then you get wankers like Jeremy Clarkson telling the Chinese to pick up after themselves and sort themselves out. Waste is a global issue and rather than pass the problem around we should all be changing.
American culture needs to be curbed imo. They've the largest carbon footprint of any other citizen on earth. I've been to your Walmarts and restaurants. Sheer wastefulness and greed
No. 407719
>>407561Honestly all I'm hearing is "why should WE limit OUR trash when all those other poors won't", and this is why you're part of the problem.
Every country should do this and not point fingers. Everyone no matter where they're from should put pressure on multinational conglomerates and their representatives in the government to stop ruining the environment and producing so much waste. Nestle isn't only a Swiss company for Swiss people to handle, and even if they wanted to (and I'm sure many do) they can't do it on their own. This is the reality. Unless we all collectively stop refusing to be fed shit, they'll still keep producing that same shit and try to trick us into eating it.
No. 407799
>>407768I'm really proud of France (the people, not the government). Greenpeace is really strong and a lot of people are trying very hard to reduce consumption. There is a lot of stores "en vrac" opening all over the country, people are buying bio more than pesticide-enriched vegetables and rejecting plastic, and there are a lot of cosmetics brands focusing on nature and using cardboard. It's really really inspiring to see others fighting by your side. Unfortunately water in some places is really bad and Nestlé is everywhere but I hope that changes.
I guess it is not a coincidence that it is also a place with the most protests and riots. The fact is unless you hold rich people accountable for their actions and force them to listen, nothing is going to change.
No. 407807
>>407791Yet they're still shitting in the street and leaving dead bodies in their sacred river.
The guy being rich doesn't change that.
>>407732And what about places that don't have local tailors or farms. Even places that do the costs are too much for most people to afford. It's the kind of living that is nice in theory but impossible in the majority of the world.
I've just realized the world is fucked and try not to think about it. I can't watch documentaries or read National Geographic anymore. I just hope if it keeps getting worse it goes slow enough that it won't effect me directly.
No. 407829
>>407807Lmao who said anything about local tailors or farms? Most people living in urban areas don't have any of those either. Leaving less of an impact is not an all or nothing game. Buy less shit, say no to single use products, choose less packaging and buy less fast fashion. That is all you can do on your level.
Do you think I have a farm or a tailor close to me, or money for either? No, I live in bumfuck nowhere in the Arctic Circle where no food grows. This is the only place I have and can be in. I sometimes thrift, sometimes buy fast fashion when there is no other option because I'm a student and can't afford to buy more sustainably. But I don't own a lot of anything, I use what I have, I recycle what I can, and I try to make better product and lifestyle choices.
Saying "we're fucked and there's nothing I can do so I'll just ignore it" is exactly why we're fucked. It's just laziness and unwillingness to be slightly inconvenienced. Even if we are doomed, I'd rather be doomed trying to change things for the better and having at least a small sense of purpose than not doing anything.
No. 407832
>>407807im nta but i think anon was trying to say that leo dicaprio shouldnt be lecturing poor people about pollution when his private jet trip there probably produced more pollution than that particular person he was lecturing produced the entire year.
honestly, one thing would be to get people to learn domestic tasks like sewing and cooking in higher numbers again. maybe do what they do in many countries already like start teaching children in school how to do these things, and even for adults theres the endless videos available on the internet to learn from. doing simpler and more basic mending and tailoring of clothes isnt hard with even a small amount of practice, and neither is making basic meals. im not an expert, but mending those shitty cheap fast fashion clothes will probably make them last longer than they otherwise would have, meaning less waste is produced. the food you buy doesnt even have to be fresh food straight from down the street to not be wasteful neccessarily, and also i dont think some people e.g. people living in the arctic circle have much of a choice since a lot of their food is imported.
i think people should try to rely on themselves more instead of expecting other to do things for them.
No. 407851
>>407829>Who said anything about local tailors or farms?The person I was quoting…
And I do barely buy anything, I recycle, I compost. But I still can see that it doesn't matter to the big picture, and I'd rather try to not think about the bad things to keep my sanity.
No. 413346
>>413335She's retired the song altogether
It makes me sad, I don't even like them but I wish she had instead just changed the lyrics rather than just orphaning it. It sends a better message to correct the past