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Environmental fallout from Iran war will be felt globally for decades
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So basically any effort a single individual has done and can do in the future to reduce their footprint has been undone by 100x. Why are we even bothering?
the intention of the carbon footprint was to shift blame away from industrial polluters to individuals like recycling efforts shifted the onus away from beverage makers to individuals; adam ruins everything did an episode on it.
the only individual effort needed is the one against the bourgeoisie, if you think you're going to save the planet because you use paper straws you've been brain poisoned by usonian propaganda
I feel that.
But just to say it: Because it's still the right thing to do, and if we didn't, it would just be that much worse.
There's no denying the best thing people can do for the planet isn't recycling, etc - it's voting.
We don't have the time to vote every 2-4 years and pray we get a decent candidate that will at least not set us back further. We need to learn and organize.
Oh, I'm not saying voting is the only thing we can do. Not by a long shot. It's just the most impactful.
Of course a lemmy.world can't conceve of a political activity different from voting.
Let me help you there: read
Yeah i do agree that it should be still done, even if just to keep ones surroundings cleaner, just the pretending that it has a notable impact is disingenuous, kinda annoying and misdirects attention from things that can have at least some impact, aka yeah voting.
Most of the described ecological and environmental damage is local to the regions being bombed as opposed to global impacts to air and oceans. Though there is some of that too.
I think it's safe to say that this unfolding disaster touches almost every aspect of life though, and it's all to diatract from Trump (& co) raping girls.