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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Albertan's are no more responsible than New Yorkers or Torontonians are. Come on. I'm tired of getting blamed for the climate problems. Take Alberta away and there would be zero difference. This is on everyone. Pointing fingers at Albertans and trying to expose us as some sort of hypocrite, while consuming just as much as us is not helping anything.
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That's actually exactly the problem I'm talking about. it's not the fault of Albertans or New Yorkers. It a system problem that need to be addressed with mass cooperative action. Blame any individual for following the incentives laid out before them is a category error.
The problem here is people feeling they're lifes work cannot be judged retrospectively as having harmed the world around them, so they put blinders on the fires burning around them. And since this is a problem that can only be addressed with collective action, having people with their blinders on undermines everything.