Arnold Schwarzenegger demands action on climate change

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Demands Action On Climate Change: “We Have To Do Whatever It Takes To Stop The Bleeding In Order To Save Our Children” https://t.co/Muo44uSCHb
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) June 24, 2024
- Schwarzenegger founded the Austria-based international summit in 2017. He hosted the event and his speech opened proceedings

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[pi_lady]

I hate these hollow statements and usually regular people are told to do their part and are shamed for their consumner choices when it's mainly companies/millionaires who are responsible for most of the damage.

Last year there was a documentary called Common Ground which had a lot of celebs in it, the trailer alone made me cringe so much. On imdb all reviews are 9 or 10, there's not way that's organic. lol

[deerlike]

Representatives from different industries and sectors took part

How many of said representatives took private jets to this summit?

[artsyfartsy01]

i hate the 'we all have to do our part' mentality, as if big corporations aren't the ones doing 80% of the damage. no amount of lowering the heat, using paper straws and thrifting is going to cancel out big oil, the tech industry, the meat industry, the fast fashion industry.. it's like putting a bandaid on a leg that's broken in 3 places and expecting it to heal

[sicksadworld]

While true, the buck also stops with consumers at large. I agree that the billionaire, corporate class is disproportionately harmful, but the Western middle class is basically in the top 1% of wealth globally and drives the consumption of all these industries. We're all complicit and can't hide behind the "eat the rich" and anti-corporate rhetoric forever. So yes, individual action is essential, even if it feels futile.

Now, knowing that we're in a Prisoner's Dilemma with the rest of humanity I'm completely dejected and focusing instead on tending to my dogs and plants while the world forces me into a Melancholia end scene.

[artsyfartsy01]

I do agree to a point - we are complicit in the sense that we live in a consumerist society that tries it's best to make us consume the most, while keeping the worst effects of that system mostly hidden. Western consumers do consume the most, and people in other parts of the world suffer greatly for our consumption. I do think it's a bit unfair to put the onus on individual people, when the world has changed so fundamentally that non-consuming is basically impossible. As an individual I make specific choices like barely using heat in my house, eating less meat, thrifting, not flying often. Both because I cannot afford to do otherwise, and because I don't want to contribute to global warming. Then again, a lot of things I would like to do, both for my wellbeing and the wellbeing of the earth, I cannot. Like buy sustainable clothing (very expensive), buy local organic produce (same), fix my furniture when it breaks instead of buying new stuff (almost impossible as modern furniture is made to break and particle board is not made to last

[aleksie]

I think it's a both/and approach.

When I think about consumerism, companies do have a big role in things. By making shoddy items to clever marketing, that's companies. But I also think about how people have these collections that look like storefronts or people who are constantly renovating and redecorating in short periods of time.

[mizzyoung]

Go after the corporations first, as they are the actual main contributors to the climate crisis.

We common folk should not be held responsible for what these companies and 1% have done to this planet. We HAVE made improvements, but even we were able to properly recycle, compost, consume less, as long as these companies continue to churn out pollution it’s all moot.

Also like ending genocides, wars, and put a stop to A.I would also help DRASTICALLY. But nah, it’s our fault lmao.

[swissbeauty23]

ita and this is why when people get overly haughty and sanctimonious about the work that the common person does it makes me sad, because it's not that it's useless, it's just that the anger feels misdirected. structurally we are sort of doomed to fail, and it doesn't help that a lot of people don't have access to energy friendly buildings or homes, adequate recycling options, etc.

the fact that it's often more expensive to be sustainable and thus inacessible to most people is really depressing

[pi_lady]

Yeah, being sustainable and eco-friendly has been commercialised. It's infuriating that there are millionaires out there patting themselves on the back bc they have a sustainable house that cost millions and then regular people get shamed for using a plastic bag.

It especially annoys me that vegetables/fruits have become a luxury item in a lot of places and then again regular people are shamed for not eating healthy.