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I love that analogy. No, you're not going to personally save the world by reducing your carbon footprint. But you know what you are going to be? One leaf on a tree in a forest, making that little bit more oxygen that helps collectively make the world a better place.

And that's worth doing. Especially if you can encourage other people to be leaves too.

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[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 20 points 3 days ago

You and I are both part of the same slrpnk community, and I'm doing my part, so that's at least one person you can believe in. Why not try believing in more of us?

Doomerism is capitalist propaganda. They couldn't convince us that climate change was a hoax, so now they're trying to convince us that climate change is inevitable. And the point of both propaganda campaigns is the same: protect the status quo.

Because if we really were doomed and climate change was really inevitable, they wouldn't be fighting so hard to convince you that it was.

They want you to believe what you do is meaningless. But it's not.