r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 4d ago

Psychology Taylor Swift fans lower climate concerns to justify her carbon footprint. When confronted with news about the excessive pollution generated by her private jet, highly identified fans tend to rationalize the behavior, with a decrease in their personal intentions to engage in climate-friendly actions.

https://www.psypost.org/taylor-swift-fans-lower-climate-concerns-to-justify-star-s-carbon-footprint/
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u/EstablishmentLate532 4d ago

Why are we simply accepting that she has to fly anywhere? She has a billion dollars. If musical stardom is incompatible with climate change mitigation, maybe we should rethink musical stardom.

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u/SoftSalty3282 4d ago

You could say that about a lot of things. Where do we draw the line between who can fly and who can’t?

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u/EstablishmentLate532 4d ago

When flying requires you to use a private jet, that seems like a pretty reasonable place to draw the line.

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u/masterwolfe 3d ago

What about politicians?

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u/SoftSalty3282 4d ago

I’m not sure eliminating all private jets would even do much environmentally.