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How bankruptcy lets oil and gas companies evade cleanup rules https://grist.org/accountability/oil-gas-bankruptcy-fieldwood-energy-petroshare/

New York City Unions Prepare to Shift Retirees Off Medicare https://theintercept.com/2021/06/07/medicare-new-york-public-sector-unions/

@dynamic it was just an example of impact analysis. There are many tradeoffs associated with living choices.

@dynamic Food production is another scenario where large scale change trumps individual choices. Current methods overproduce and impact the environment in other unnecessary ways.

@dynamic I'm talking about ordinary people. Change resistance is universal, even when the change benefits us. According to most polls in the USA, the majority of the people are on board with reducing income inequality and fighting climate change. The big problem is those aren't the only issues driving voting (even if it was fair).

@dynamic yes, and the people will fight it. Unfortunately, gradual change won't save the environment, and we're probably going to find out what that means. (Maybe not me; I've probably only got about 20 years left.)

@dynamic Lifestyles definitely take a hit, but the hit in one area produces beneficial change in another. e.g., gas price increases lead to people driving less, but (maybe) moving more.

Reduction in the wealth gap would need to be spread globally. Like I said, "can of worms". First step would be to enforce labor and environmental laws on multinational corporations, which would lead to said corporations finding ways around enforcement, followed by more enforcement, etc.

@dynamic More complicated. Reducing inequality just reduces (or more accurately, puts checks on) the desire to harm. Directing the reduction of future harm in one area into repairing of past harm requires more work.

@dynamic Society needs to understand ecology. Harm to one part effects adverse change in other parts; this applies to environment and society equally. Wealth accumulation is harmful; the wealth has to come at some expense to the system. We see this play out in human terms as war, famine, lack of safety, etc. We see this in environmental terms as climate change, pollution, species extinction, etc. The reduction of wealth accumulation is the current most viable solution.

@dynamic Can of worms... How many people who recycle also buy disposable items? Do people who live in big cities and preach "walkable" ever contemplate the massive transportation infrastructure that is required to get goods into the large city?

Personal environmental responsibility can set an example, but it can't drive mass change very quickly. You can see the same dynamic in other social areas. The broader message is get yours while you can; wealth=celebrity is a huge driver.

Got my daily reminder that Microsoft Teams is really, really, really, bad software. #microsoftsucks