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They feel like propaganda to me. They argue that nothing needs to be done about climate change and some other problematic stuff like that. I don't respect them.
hmmm naw i dun think they do that... where did they say climate doesn need change?
im pretti sur they dun do that...
alsuu lik - this is referin to the music, nt the vidos ~ n the music is rlli nice <3
They do. They made a video years ago on how we don't need to do anything because companies are already working hard to reduce carbon emissions.
The point I understood was that our individual changes aren't going to be significant because the companies contribute a lot to climate change. And we should focus on making them change their policies and processes to actually do something about climate change.
This does a better job than me at explaining my issue with them
My impression from watching kurzgesagts videos is that they mostly argue that innovation will save us
Edit: But also, having just rewatched all their climate videos, they aren't as bad as I remember even if supporting the status quo.
hmmm i actulli rembr what u mean.
in thad video they said "many peeps say 'oh nuu bettr buy organic food' bt lik... the companies r the ones doing the emissions. so if they change - everything changes!" which i kinda support.
they didn say "yea we cn be lazy n nt do stuff", they said that individuals rlli cnt help with situation.... which is kinda sadly tru. its big evl companies which cn ;(
Nope, they informed in what I thought was a pretty clear way that the way to action is to contact your local representative and get involved.
Not exactly a quick way to change things. We should all be voting green and making sure politicians know we care about this issue, but the only real way to deal with this is direct action and/or a political revolution. That said, I did rewatch them all and they were less bad than I remembered.
It's a rational conclusion to do that. What you are prescribing is exactly the same. Political action and not personal sacrifices. Now, I still do that because I love the planet but I wish I fought more actively politically than voting and opinionating