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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

More important low hanging fruit:

  • Private jets
  • Multiple vehicles
  • Multiple homes

Why are people always so small minded about this? Have you not considered how immensely more polluting a car or a house is than a plastic bag? Have you not considered the people affected: a few of the richest vs millions of average people?

Think big. Think rich. Those are the changes we need.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course those are low hanging fruit as well. It just didn't come to mind when I was writing. Thanks for adding to the list. No need to be condescending.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just tired of being blamed when the responsibility lies squarely on the billionaires and the corporations they control.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can only agree to that. I feel you. We can only hold them accountable by being disobedient to the norms of consumerism and stop giving them money and publicly humiliate their actions.