JWcph, Radicalized By DecencySemi-regularly re-posting this...
eribosot@jwcph Putting the blame for destroying the planet exclusively on oil executives is like putting the blame for the excess of superhero movies exclusively on Marvel Studios. It takes two to tango, and too many of us are only too willing to dance.
Blackoverflow@eribosot
@jwcph
Do you think that people always have the capacity of choice?
Would you agree, that the amount of blame should correlate with how much capacity they had to choose?
I do agree with you, that blaming those billionaires does not free the rest of us from blame.
At the same time I agree with this thread, that these people are clearly and freely choosing evil. So they deserve mounts of blaim.
I find the question of who's to blame much less interesting or important than fixing the problem. Yes, they are vastly more to blame than we are. But blaming them -or ourselves- does nothing to fix the problem.
The mindset I see is one of good and evil, or sin and redemption. But when a house is on fire, you first grab a bucket and put out the fire, and only later figure out who was the arsonist.
Leendaal@eribosot @blackoverflow @jwcph to stay in your image the arsonist hasn't left the scene and is pouring gasoline on the house with a fire hose while you have a bucket.
@Leendaal @blackoverflow @jwcph
That's a great point, but to stretch the analogy even further, where does the arsonist get his unlimited supply of gasoline? On the one hand, I have a bucket in my hand, and on the other hand, I just gave him that gasoline earlier in the day.
In literal terms, isn't the oil executive's wealth and power inextricably linked to my carbon footprint?
@eribosot @blackoverflow @jwcph thats what BP thought was a good deflection strategy. Any more oil industry talking points? Maybe the bucket you talk about IS not filled with water as you think.