A fixation on system change alone opens the door to a kind of cynical self-absolution that divorces personal commitment from political belief. This is its own kind of false consciousness, one that threatens to create a cheapened climate politics incommensurate with this urgent moment.

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Because here’s the thing: When you choose to eat less meat or take the bus instead of driving or have fewer children, you are making a statement that your actions matter, that it’s not too late to avert climate catastrophe, that you have power. To take a measure of personal responsibility for climate change doesn’t have to distract from your political activism—if anything, it amplifies it.

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    Either you’re not vegan or you haven’t had many conversations trying to convince others to go vegan lol

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      I’m vegan and have had many conversations trying to convince others to go vegan. The only thing I commonly hear is “where do you get your protein”?

      I still don’t know what point you’re trying to make.

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        1 month ago

        I feel like the parallels between the stupid shit carnists say and your comments are obvious, but maybe you’re operating on some Idealist level of logic I’m too utilitarian to follow.