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A fixation on system change alone opens the door to a kind of cynical self-absolution that divorces personal commitment from political belief. This is its own kind of false consciousness, one that threatens to create a cheapened climate politics incommensurate with this urgent moment.

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Because here’s the thing: When you choose to eat less meat or take the bus instead of driving or have fewer children, you are making a statement that your actions matter, that it’s not too late to avert climate catastrophe, that you have power. To take a measure of personal responsibility for climate change doesn’t have to distract from your political activism—if anything, it amplifies it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

if you buy less meat, the meat industry actually becomes smaller over time.

that has never happened.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/meat-production-tonnes?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

your local decline can be explained by any number of factors, and there is not enough evidence to conclude it is due to you or your whole town reducing meat consumption.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

if the industry continues to grow, the location of the farms doesn't seem to matter.