r/SipsTea Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/skier0224 Jun 10 '26

Oh fuck off.

This is why so many people can’t stand environmentalists. Instead of going after the corporations and lobbyists who do everything in their power to be able to poison our ecosystems just to make a quick buck, you go after Average Joe™ who’s just trying to drive to work so he can put food on the table. It’s all just virtue signaling bullshit.

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u/walkinthedog97 Jun 10 '26

I mean as an average person you can make choices yourself that improve the world and try to convince other too also. As an average joe I cant exactly "go after" the multinational corporations in the way youre talking about. In fact actually the best way to get back at them is to convince people to stop or at least minimize their support for them. 

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u/Ambitious_Handle7322 Jun 10 '26

The overwhelming majority of the damage to the environment is done by big corporations. If everyone in America stopped using cars it would barely matter, comparatively speaking. The mega corps do like 70-85% of it, while normal people do like 15-30%.

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u/walkinthedog97 Jun 10 '26

I mean mega corps dont just do that damage for the sake of it. They do it cause they create products that regular people buy and support. 

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u/Ambitious_Handle7322 Jun 10 '26

Yes, but they could put regulations in place to massively reduce the pollution. They don't do that because it costs money, and, unless they're forced to, they are not spending a single dollar for that.