• snoons@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    Quite telling how it takes temporary economic disruption and not permanent environmental destruction to get more people to behave responsibly.

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      7 days ago

      It‘s more like an economic tipping point. Before, people thought they can hang on to their (old) CVs just some more months/years… they fast track new purchases now.

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      8 days ago

      To some degree being able to plan for the long term has become a luxury. But I agree with your point

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      Always has been. It’s why non-material policies are rarely effective. People primarily respond to changes in their material conditions. It’s like we collectively forgot abt that after WWII.