leftytighty

Per capita is the only rational way to make comparisons between countries. China is also still largely a manufacturing economy rather than a service economy, and nevertheless it’s outperforming Canada and the USA.

Being patriotic sometimes means demanding more from your country not just pretending you’re better against the facts.

China’s climate action is far more effective, and there are myriad non-partisan organizations ranking it higher than the US and Canada. We’re not taking their word for it, it’s independently verified.

But sure, start from the conclusion that CHINA BAD and pretend USA is rosy, that’ll bring some comfort as we continue to build long-term fossil fuel infrastructure and ship LNG overseas for the next few decades.

https://ccpi.org/ranking/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita

Does your gut have any published studies?

When people talk about taxing these horrible people I think of tax as being a euphamism

The major difference is China is subsidizing green technologies that are good for curbing climate change and the USA is subsidizing harmful shit that’s killing us all

Now westerners will worry when lining up for concerts or flights and the increased security expenditure will impact their economy

I guess you support ISIS terror attacks as a brilliant play too?

What this person is proposing is functionally similar to forms of anarchism and anarchist theory has some answers to these kinds of questions.

For example the communes could have a federation where representatives are sent to settle disputes. Likewise instead of a fixed 2000 people with walls between you could have people in several smaller overlapping communities which act as bridges across a network of communities. Similar to how a person can be a family member and a company employee and a resident of an apartment building etc.

Though I don’t completely buy in to everything it says, https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works goes into how anarchist communities can and have worked

ironically we need less of this kind of thinking in the world

shitposting on lemmy for example

One problem with “voting with your wallet” like this is some wallets are bigger than others and it’s not always easy and affordable to do the sustainable thing. Add to this that powerful lobbies (oil and gas, dairy, animal agriculture) use regulatory capture and other means to make their products the cheaper option for the consumer.

State action to drive green technologies down in price like that of China is met with tariffs and other protectionist measures that drive those prices right back up.

This is yet another tragedy of late stage capitalism sucking all wealth out of the working class, people may want to live more sustainably but they have to buy the cheap, disposable, subsidized options. Voting with your wallet isn’t easy when your wallet is empty.

I’m fairly privileged and I lead a vegan lifestyle, and I can pay extra to have some luxuries like the meat substitutes, vegan restaurants, or non-fast-fashion clothing. Others might be able to do the same, cheaper, but at a lower quality of life.

If we tackled wealth inequality with any vigor at all, more people could do this.