• Bipta@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      And how many in their voting lifetime? About 25% according to that site.

      Now how many were in their country? Surely a much smaller portion.

      But we’re all to blame really, because we all take part in the system. The only way to escape blame is to not live. Although, to be clear, blame should not be evenly distributed here.

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        I dont think we are not all to blame. We are forced to be part of the system, as you mention, the only way of “escaping” the system is by not being alive. How can we be blamed for something that was imposed on us?

        • xapr@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Are we forced to take a flight across the world and a cruise in a ginormous cruise ship every year? A lot of people do this. I totally agree that we’re forced to be part of the system, but that excuse only goes so far. A lot people go way, way, way beyond what we’re forced to do. Granted, we keep being told by the media and politicians mostly that it’s no big deal, but even what little they say already gets a lot of people riled up. Imagine what would happen if they told the full truth and told us the true extent of the measures that were required?

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            I dont know about you but im 36 and ive been on 1 boat and 4 planes in my entire life. And those planes flew from the uk to france.

            I think the demographic for going on cruise ships is more the people over 50. amd flights every year? Well how about private jet flights multiple times a day.

            We may not be helping that much but we arent the main cause of the problem. Thats the mega rich and the corporations.

            Im ot shirking responsibility but it helps to aim at the root of the problem if you want to solve it.