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There is literally no way around the fact that we have to change our personal buying habits in order to survive climate change as a species. People get so caught up in the idea that individuals *shouldn't* have to make changes because it isn't our "fault," that the world warmed.
But it is. It is our fault that we still import SO MUCH from overseas. It is our fault that we demand high quality produce and meat to be constantly and cheaply available.
middle and upper class people HAVE to change their habits. We have to stop taking cruises and flying in planes. We have to stop ordering 18 shirts from Amazon and trying them on at home and then returning a bunch. We have to stop demanding that our stores have 487 cereals.
Is this fair? Probably not. Does it suck shit that we have to pay for the inaction of people before us? YES. Life sucks and is massively unfair. But it's a lot MORE fair for us (middle/upper class westerners) to give up eating beef in exchange for other people getting to live.
Yes there are tons of MASSIVE political, systematic changes that must be made, but we also all have to face the fucking music which is: our consumer habits HAVE to change. We cannot continue on like this and it's going to suck to change them. It's going to fucking suck.
