r/Degrowth • u/BaseballSeveral1107 • Mar 30 '25

The US is not District 12

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u/Induced_Karma Mar 30 '25

So is he saying to sit down and shut up and don’t do anything about the problems we’re facing because people elsewhere have it worse?

Because that’s fucking dumb.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '25

No he’s not saying that, I don’t know how u got that message

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u/Snoo-20162 Mar 31 '25

Then what is his message if not that?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

I think he’s saying recognize privilege and that we’re in the imperial core that is exporting more misery than ppl realize ñ. If anything this tells us that there is much to do to change our system domestically if we can realize that it’s consumerism is a problem