• kerrypacker@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I can’t find the quote but don’t expect poor people to want to stay poor. They will do whatever it takes to rise out of poverty. This privileged and naive attitude of ‘don’t do that it’s bad’ won’t work.

    • lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      This may sound naive, but I think that most people are good and would favour sound environmental policy if they could count on getting food, shelter, and healthcare without destroying the planet. It is no coincidence that republicans are pro-business and anti-healthcare. Oligarchs want people to remain so desperate that they can never act on their conscience.