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Facebook people just casually ignore that we can do both too. This meme is definitely supposed to involve feelings of "stupid liberals" same as the arguments with EVs with "do you know where your electricity comes from hahaha stupid liberal".
They never think we can do both. That is as individuals should start getting familiar with being more eco focused while also holding the heaviest polluters responsible. That they are not mutually exclusive.
Humans are fickle. In this meme we can say both the singer is good for promoting eco friendliness, but bad for being a large polluter. People don't fit into black and white boxes. Facebook though, has completely monetized that theory
in terms of environmental, it's a huge portion that is caused by the biggest polluters - but average humans combined also cause about 30-40% too. So I won't call it a waste to focus on both at the same time
Oh absolutely, the meme is stupid for sure. it's just redirecting the public to think that it's not a huge deal. My point is that we're not "off the hook" because other people are worse. Even just at 20%, we should actively work to become greener, and those are incremental. Think about a heat pump instead of a gas furnace (or maybe a dual fuel). Think about taking the bus or walking vs driving. Etc etc."
However, the focus should be absolutely on the major polluters, those people are assholes and should be held accountable. In my book, things like the hurricane in Texas or the tornadoes across the midwest were directly because of the oil companies - and they should be held accountable for the destruction they allowed to happen.