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[-] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Or tax the corporations responsible for 70% and leave me the f alone about MY behavior

[-] ghostBones@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Very valid point. The argument here is that without a shift in consciousness of our entire species we're never going to be able to address the problem, we have to push for a world that completely disapproves of pollution and polluters. People used to not care about littering, but somehow we managed to make it a bad thing and we got the result we wanted. 'Basically the same principle. It wasn't just anti-littering policy that did it, it was people being disgusted with their communities being trashed.

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