While true, “we did fucking nothing” is also entirely true. The vast majority of humans don’t give a shit about the environment. No matter their wealth and power. It’s only a lot more noticable and harmful when Jeff Bezos flies to space. But let’s be real here. If average Joe White (43) had the means to fly to space, he would do so without a second thought of the environment!
We’re dealing with a pandemic of selfish assholes and one of its symptoms are selfish billionaires who destroy in seconds what a few thousand conservationists achieved in a year!
It’s a systemic issue, so pointing fingers at any one entity is not going to be helpful.
Go to any garden center. What proportion of plants sold are actually native and beneficial to the area?
Let’s say you want a grass lawn. What does the path of least resistance to getting that look like? What species are planted? What chemicals are used? What are the dominant practices around that?
These questions don’t even touch commercial agriculture, which comes with issues on a much larger scale, but it’s out of sight for most.
If we are to change our ways for the better it’s going to have to be a complete realignment in all areas from top to bottom.
If enough individual people who own land with yards grew native plants and flowering bushes and stopped using so much pesticide outside, it would make a huge difference.
It would do wonders but not for this issue. The only bees that are dying are industrially farmed bees. Making it somehow your fault is another amazing trick by thr corpos to shift the blame for what they do on people who has nothing to do with it.
Stop doing lawns is a good idea though, regardless
Making it somehow your fault is another amazing trick by thr corpos to shift the blame for what they do on people who has nothing to do with it.
If you have a better plan that individual people can do who don’t want to fight corporations, be sure to put in the same effort to spread those ideas as well.
If you have a better plan that individual people can do who don’t want to fight corporations
Yes. The plan is very simple - stop not wanting to fight corporations (in a broad sense, sometimes it’s not just corporations, I’m oversimplifying here).
No individual effort can be meaningful as long as there are corpos with the desire to see the line go up on the other side. You can’t “vote with your dollar” if the choices you presented with are controlled by profit seeking, you can’t “do your small part” if you don’t have neither means nor understanding of what even needs to be done. If you don’t buy high fructose corn sirup, it will be bought with your money without your input in the matter. That sort of thing.
The unfortunate and very unfair thing is that individual can do things worse for themselves and for the community they’re part of, this power we have and nobody is taking it from us. But a person can’t fix what’s broken by the uncaring leviathan of profit seeking, that can only be fixed collectively.
*those in power did fucking nothing
While true, “we did fucking nothing” is also entirely true. The vast majority of humans don’t give a shit about the environment. No matter their wealth and power. It’s only a lot more noticable and harmful when Jeff Bezos flies to space. But let’s be real here. If average Joe White (43) had the means to fly to space, he would do so without a second thought of the environment!
We’re dealing with a pandemic of selfish assholes and one of its symptoms are selfish billionaires who destroy in seconds what a few thousand conservationists achieved in a year!
It’s a systemic issue, so pointing fingers at any one entity is not going to be helpful.
Go to any garden center. What proportion of plants sold are actually native and beneficial to the area? Let’s say you want a grass lawn. What does the path of least resistance to getting that look like? What species are planted? What chemicals are used? What are the dominant practices around that?
These questions don’t even touch commercial agriculture, which comes with issues on a much larger scale, but it’s out of sight for most.
If we are to change our ways for the better it’s going to have to be a complete realignment in all areas from top to bottom.
If enough individual people who own land with yards grew native plants and flowering bushes and stopped using so much pesticide outside, it would make a huge difference.
It would do wonders but not for this issue. The only bees that are dying are industrially farmed bees. Making it somehow your fault is another amazing trick by thr corpos to shift the blame for what they do on people who has nothing to do with it.
Stop doing lawns is a good idea though, regardless
If you have a better plan that individual people can do who don’t want to fight corporations, be sure to put in the same effort to spread those ideas as well.
Yes. The plan is very simple - stop not wanting to fight corporations (in a broad sense, sometimes it’s not just corporations, I’m oversimplifying here).
No individual effort can be meaningful as long as there are corpos with the desire to see the line go up on the other side. You can’t “vote with your dollar” if the choices you presented with are controlled by profit seeking, you can’t “do your small part” if you don’t have neither means nor understanding of what even needs to be done. If you don’t buy high fructose corn sirup, it will be bought with your money without your input in the matter. That sort of thing.
The unfortunate and very unfair thing is that individual can do things worse for themselves and for the community they’re part of, this power we have and nobody is taking it from us. But a person can’t fix what’s broken by the uncaring leviathan of profit seeking, that can only be fixed collectively.
We’re also losing native species. Both bees and wasps.
Not in more significant numbers that any other life around, and for entirely understood reasons.
Let me stop you right there…
…And on the slim chance you got past that hurdle…
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