• @arc@lemm.ee
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    -381 year ago

    No change doesn’t happen by asking nicely, but I think some joined up thinking by these groups would get them further than performative protesting and getting arrested. If you want change then you lobby politicians on the positive benefits of change, and businesses on the potential profits to be had from implementing it.

    • @Crikeste@lemm.ee
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      251 year ago

      You: Hey government, here’s my vote!

      Giant Corporations: Hey government, here’s $1 trillion

    • @Peddlephile@lemm.ee
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      71 year ago

      But all the lobbying has already happened - for decades - and nothing has changed. Fossil fuel companies have poured in billions over the course of decades, and still are, to counter lobby and spread misinformation to keep the status quo.

      You’re only seeing the ‘performative’ protesting in the media and not the lobbying because it’s easy to report on, but in reality this movement is on its last legs. It is THAT level of desperation now.

      Do you think they’d still be protesting if the government actually implemented the policies brought forward by climate scientists decades ago?