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The memes of the climate

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The climate of the memes of the climate!

Planet is on fire!

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[–] endlessloop 12 points 1 year ago (49 children)

Honest question, what economic or political system exists out there that would be better for climate change?

Or is the assumption that system doesn’t exist yet?

[–] rockSlayer 17 points 1 year ago (31 children)

There are several ideas out there, but yes they generally require transitioning away from capitalism. The one I'm particularly fond of is called a "library economy", where we no longer commoditize anything that isn't consumable. Imagine instead of buying a wheelbarrow and shovel to do some yard work, you go to the gardening library and checkout the things you need. When you're done in about 3 weeks, you return the items back to the library.

In general though, any planned economy would be far more efficient and less wasteful. Imagine that instead of 30 different TV's with the exact same panel, there's 2 or 3 types of tv with that panel. The way Walmart operates is a perfect example of a planned economy.

[–] endlessloop 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Library actually sounds nice. Funny you mentioned wheelbarrow, I actually need one for a project, but have no space for one, and hate the idea of buying something I’ll need once. I’ll end up renting one, but would be great to check one out.

[–] galloog1 1 points 1 year ago

My library literally has vacuums. Forcing one system down society's throat is why socialism ultimately loses the narrative game. It's a religion.

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