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Just the other day there was a writer that explains a phenomenon in her new book (can't remember her name off the bat).
She describes the fact that people always say "it starts with you", promoting individual action. Like, "if you want to stop climate change, why don't you become a vegetarian." But few people actually do.
She argued that it's not that people don't want to, however what's never taken into account is that the cards are stacked against the individual by corporations and (in many cases) government.
There are laws, marketing machines, price points and supply chains that set the virtual boundaries within which people can maneuver.
People still have enough individual freedom to keep a sense of free will, but under the hood, this free will is heavily influenced by what's affordable, normalized or in supply.
It's a pretty bleak view, and only solved by a change in politics where politicians actually want to work for the people and for democracy rather than for corporations.
The people can provide them with votes, corporations with money. This can lead to a government that benefits from lying to their voters while profiting from corporations.