Ben SandersonAlmost everybody in Europe today:
A) this is nice weather for November
B) AAAAAGGGH
essollteskalierenAlso almost everybody in Europe today:
Z) ... continue living their 2-15 x Earth overshoot frivolous consumerism lifestyle and shout at politicians to do something
Jan Garten. Barmbek (oder so).@essollteskalieren @benmsanderson
Yep. That's the essence of the problem: Everybody wants change, nobody wants to change.
In Germany a huge part of the population, the majority, will actively or by inactivity oppose every policy that reduces consumerism. They simply don't want to understand the severity of the situation although it's being shown to them over and over.
It feels like talking to a wall.
Thomas@jangarten @essollteskalieren @benmsanderson as long as there are politicians that downplay the situation we will see this
In functioning democracies it's ultimately the voters who are responsible, since they pick their politicians, right?. Sure, lots of things go wrong in this process, and promises are broken. But in essence it works like that.
On the other hand, people ought to be more aware of the fact that their #walletVote is possibly more powerful and direct than their political vote in an election.
I stand by my claim: people like to say they want change, but their spendings say otherwise.