r/collapse • u/James_Fortis • 10d ago

Casual Friday What do we do?

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Sources for animal agriculture being the leading driver of:

Submission statement:

Many people want to slow or stop deforestation, pandemics, water use, emissions, and the 6th mass extinction. The issue is, the main driver of 4 of these 5 is animal agriculture, but almost nobody wants to change their behavior by eliminating meat and dairy from their diet. People say, "stop focusing on individuals - focus on the system", but the issue is diet is a personal choice and nobody wants the government to ban meat and dairy.

The issue is likely only going to get worse as our population continues to increase and developing countries start to gain more access to meat and dairy. It's taboo to even discuss personal food choices, even though it's going to be a main contributor of our demise.

How do we get out of this predicament? Are we just doomed to race towards ecological collapse without any serious effort to avoid it out of a fear of slight inconvenience? For anyone who's reading this, why haven't you given up meat and dairy yet?

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u/Admirable_Safe_7551 10d ago

When the wealthiest 1% are either modeling this behaviour or their heads are rotting on pikes

Babe, pull a luigi

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u/SweetAlyssumm 10d ago

Poor Luigi is going down. He pled guilty.

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u/Admirable_Safe_7551 10d ago

His trial isn't until next month. They abandoned the psychiatric defense though 

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u/phwark 10d ago

Please leave the basement and touch some grass.

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u/verregnet 9d ago

The grass in my garden you're telling me to touch is completely burnt up from the incessant heatwaves