to a certain degree even in democracies. Manufacturing consent

So I guess we just die? What is your solution? All people of the world have to change what they CAN change. For me that is myself, my region and my country.

there is no absolute, global decoupling happening. it is a lie used to propagate dreams of green growth.

That’s why I said we need a wide spectrum of movements.

A wide, moderate base for people to use their passive democratic rights is the base for more radical people actively demanding change. As I said: look at the historical examples. Without the radical parts of the larger movements nothing would have changed.

Moderate change is insufficient. We need to reduce CO2 by 10% per year if we want to keep the 1.5° goal. We need a wide spectrum of civil protest.

Look at the history of womens’ voting rights. Or the anti vietnam war movement, or the no nukes movement.

Edit: The workers’ movements for 48 and 40 hour weeks were also militant, violent protests. Obedience is not everything in a democracy.

it is also a lot more expensive and takes more time, effort and knowledge to prepare. there is a reason obesity correlates with low socioeconomic status.

i don’t like to throw the bad lefty “p” word around, but check it

I recommend you to go read or watch anything including the geneticist Giles Yeo. There are reasons people eat more than they should and it has lots of variables including genetics, personal variance, food environment and the composition of foods.

Bashing americans is fun and all, but if you want to solve a social problem you need a social solution, not blaming individuals.

There is a lot going on in Austria. It’s just that it is climate change related floodings, and far-right people don’t like that kind of debate.