• @SCB
    link
    4
    edit-2
    10 months ago

    capitalism and people are creating demand for whatever polluting thing they procude someone else will step in

    Capitalism is not why people like electricity, food, and entertainment. All of those things predate capitalism. The USSR contributed to climate change.

    Anyone trying to make climate change a leftist issue is a moron. Every economic policy would contribute to climate change becaus every economic policy needs to guarantee heat, food, transport, etc.

    • @captainlezbian
      link
      310 months ago

      I think there’s one big difference here: the capital holding class has fought tooth and nail against making solutions viable. They’ve pushed pro fossil fuel propaganda into everything from our commutes to schools. They’ve fought against acknowledgement of the realities of climate change and done nothing to try to move towards a more sustainable future, instead choosing to invest in lobbying against solutions to reduce demand such as carbon taxes, reduction of oil subsidies, increases in clean energy subsidies, and mass transit.

      • @SCB
        link
        -610 months ago

        Capital is all-in on green investment right now so I’m not sure what you’re talking about.

        • @SpacetimeMachine
          link
          110 months ago

          Oh you mean now after knowing about it for decades? They waited until it was too late.

          • @SCB
            link
            210 months ago

            Who is “they,” here?