While it’s everyone’s fault, there is very little consumers can do to actually help.

For example:

• When every company is using single use plastics for certain products, you don’t have any alternatives.
• When the local government doesn’t offer the ability to recycle, your options are limited.
• Or worse, the local government offers recycling services, but the collected items are literally just dumped into the trash.

So while I again agree everyone is at fault, I’d say the consumer has vastly less overall control than any other entity.

Weird how this equates the blame equally across all parties when it's pretty clear who needs to force who to not pollute

Ask yourself "where is the greatest leverage to solve this problem?". If you think the fastest way to turn the climate ship around is to convince 7ish billion individuals to go vegan, and ride bikes... Good luck!

This is just another way of saying it's on us poor people, which it really isn't.

It was my fault for not turning off the water when I brush my teeth. Sorry guys.

If only we had a society where I could actually buy from companies that were green or vote for politicians that gave a fuck about anything but money. We're fucked. I'm just glad I'll be dead before the world melts.

Humans in general!

the sun: it was me lol

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Above a set of three images is the title "CLIMATE CHANGE?" A photo of Broderick Stephen "Steve" Harvey Sr. with his hands raised, palms out and text above and below. The text above reads "Consumers:" and the text below reads '"Not my fault'". The second photo is a Capuchin monkey with its paws raised as if shrugging, and text above and below. The text above reads "Companies:" and the text below reads '"Not my fault"'. The last image is that of an otter half underwater with its fore-paws in the air as if at gunpoint, and text above and below. The text above reads "Politicians:" and the text below reads '"Not my fault"'

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Lol everyone dies.

It’s more like “it’s my fault, but I don’t really want to deal with that rn”

¯_(ツ)_/¯ Not my fault.

"Would you be upset if I told you we were dying? And every cure they gave us was a lie? Oh! They mean it when they say we're dead and doomed, and every single symptom brings us closer to the tomb, and who will take the credit for our swift impending fall? Because it's not my fault!

Would you be impressed if I said that the dead would help us counting every single moment that we waste our time? All the time we're spending vaccinating this disease, I just get dizzy when I think of all the ways we try to hide our maladies. We wine, we dine, and everything is fine, because it's not my fault"

"Would You Be Impressed?" by Streetlight Manifesto

I think the most practical thing to do about it is to find a way to warn the societies after us of the danger, and then ride out what’s left of modern society. It’s proven it won’t change.

There is some truth to it if you consider consumers = voters.