Denying the role that individuals need to play in combating the climate crisis is the leftist version of climate science denial. Anyone responding to suggestions of realistic, accessible changes to reduce your own impact with anything resembling ‘100 companies are responsible for most of our emissions so this is pointless’ is engaging in science denialism.
There is no way that collective action takes place without individuals making changes in their own lives. Yes, the rich are more responsible than the poor and yes, what we need is systematic change. However, there absolutely are things you can and shouldbedoing to reduce your own impact and put pressure on polluting industries through direct action and boycott.
These include stopping or reducing flying, eliminating or drastically reducing your consumption of meat and dairy, buying second hand where possible, repairing, recycling and supporting environmental action and rewilding efforts. None of this in isolation will mend the world but its a hell of a lot better than passing the buck while refusing to make any changes in your own life.
I know that the idea that climate change is caused by someone else; somewhere else, and that it’s up to themto change instead of us is seductive rhetoric, but it’s also extremely dangerous. It encourages the kind of apathy that plays directly into the hands of corporations who want us to feel powerless and to continue to consume as we do now.
We can’t just sit around and wait for The Revolution; we have to live revolutionary lives.
also, many people in rich countries underestimate their wealth, both within their country and outside of it. I strongly recommend everyone who has not already done so to look up the median income in their country and compare their own to it. so many people think they are „middle class“ when they are decidedly not.
and the median world income is less then 3.000$ a year btw.
the first victims of climate change, the ones suffering already, and suffering the most are the poorest and most disadvantaged people on the planet. The question is not if bill gates is more privileged than you, the question is if you are more privileged than them.
being asked to do what you personally can is not an infringement of your human rights.
“Ooh 100 companies create 70% of the emissions” yes, and you are paying them to do that every time you fill up your car, book a flight, or buy something that is shipped from the other side of the world, because all that requires oil.
Radical feminism begins the moment you realise you truly don’t care about men nor their feelings.
And I don’t mean that in a lesbian way, I mean it in a woman way.
Even the most gentle of men will have negative thoughts about women; they will have been socialised to hate women, dislike women, even if, on the outside, it appears they don’t.
But I hate to break it to everyone; men don’t care about women. Men will never advocate for women the way women advocate for men.
A thousand daughters will never change the son of a misogynist man.
“if he be mr. hyde, i shall be mr. seek” is such a funny line i can’t believe robert louis stevenson actually wrote that in the actual original dr. jekyll and mr. hyde in the actual year of 1885
RLS stared down the barrel of posterity point blank up in his face and realized he couldn’t let anyone else be the first
‘lol’ is sardonic and self deprecating, while ‘haha’ is unbothered and flat, ‘hehe’ is cheeky, flirty, and coquettish, and ‘😂’ has a sort of vintage charm
My theory is removable shower heads single handedly started second wave feminism by giving women pleasure no husband ever could
First in home showers with heads become popular: 1900 (first wave feminism)
Removable heads become commonplace across the world: 1969 (second wave)
Renting culture means women don’t get the choice of built in or removable shower heads: 2000s (lack of magical mermaid orgasms=lack of class consciousness, feminism is set back)
Feminist action is giving out removable shower heads, there is hope for women🙏
Source: I thought inside my pussy and found it to be true
also btw ladies if a man comes up to you on the street with a microphone and tries to ask you questions, walk away. there’s a big issue with random men doing street interviews of women to try and bait them into saying something incels won’t like so they can post it and harass them. don’t say anything to them at all. there is a 99.9% chance that no matter what you say you are going to be turned into incel rage bait. plus they don’t deserve our help creating any kind of content to gain clout off of. ignore their obnoxious asses
