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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by leereeves on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @01:12PM (#29165162)
It's difficult to believe the working class in America should bear the sacrifice when the richest people in the world just flew their private jets to a lavish climate conference thousands of miles from home to discuss how much the working class should sacrifice.

Any sacrifice that is called for should start at the top.

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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by UncleMeat on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @05:20PM (#29168287)
Cool. I think you'll find that a large number of climate activists are very on board with pretty extreme policies pulling from the rich. The people calling it "superstition" tend to be people who don't support high taxes on the wealthy.
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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by leereeves on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @05:25PM (#29168348)
That may be true at the grassroots level, but I've never seen it materialize at the policy level.

Perhaps I've missed something. Could you cite an example of an actual (not merely theoretical) climate policy that pulls from the rich without hurting the working class?

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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by UncleMeat on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @07:33PM (#29169549)
I mean, there is barely any climate policy at all in the first place.
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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by adrianN on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @11:47PM (#29171185)
The working class in America is part of the richest people in the world.
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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by MisterMower on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @12:28AM (#29171393)
How many of them have a private jet? Your working class American might make 5 times as much as a person living in the third world, but the clowns at this climate conference are easily 1,000 times as rich. Your comparison is meaningless.
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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by adrianN on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @01:33AM (#29171740)
The actions of a few thousand extremely rich people have little influence on global emissions. The actions of 300 million Americans do.
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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by leereeves on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @05:59AM (#29173331)
Anyone could use that excuse: "I'm just one person, it doesn't matter what I do."

It's even less credible when the one person is putting 10x as much carbon in the atmosphere as the average person.

And until the rich start making personal sacrifices, they lack any moral authority to demand sacrifices from others.

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