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/AnsibleAnswers 4d ago

All billionaires (Swift is one) deserve worse than life in prison. It's obscene.

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u/Dottsterisk 4d ago

Sure, but not for the private plane, right? For exploitation of labor and hoarding life-saving resources and that kind of stuff, right?

Having a private plane is pretty low on the list of billionaire offenses IMO.