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[-] neanderthal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

THANK YOU! The "it's all the corporations" is what the corporations REALLY want people to believe because then people can buy the crap from them guilt free.

It is really quite simple. This is directed at the US. Car dependent design has to change. We have to eat leftovers. We need to eat a lot less beef. The cars we drive can't be canyoneros or monster trucks. Fast fashion has to stop. No more coal power. Stop building methane plants. We need to stop buying cheap throwaway crap. We need to rebuild our rail network and upgrade it to HSR. Get rid of methane in homes. If we do all that, our wallets will be fatter too.

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