When people no longer feel secure in being able to afford the basics, all other concerns fall to the wayside
bigjimbay on
Two reasons.
One, we are living week to week month to month paycheck to paycheck. With so much to occupy it is difficult to think that far ahead especially at this time when every resource is increasingly more valuable
Two, we aren’t the ones who destroyed the climate. For decades and centuries the mega rich have grown fat while they cleave the earth barren. Let them save the earth with their mountains of gold or perish along with it.
Coffeedemon on
Depends on who they are asking and when they are asking them. Last year we had huge wildfires in places where you rarely have them. Smoke was covering areas in Ottawa for instance. This year we definitely had some big ones (Jasper obviously) but they were more localized. The sad fact is the majority of people aren’t going to worry about the climate and such till the effects are right there in their face daily and then it is too late anyway. Also the dominant media forces definitely aren’t pushing climate topics to the front. It is almost all “housing”, “inflation”, “immigrants”. Most people will care about what they are told to care about or it definitely will be whatever is in the forefront of their mind when they answer these questions.
Also the poll people always say “the sample is representative” but there are always going to be factors that can influence your sample. You get enough people who never really cared about climate in there and it is going to swing that way. If your sample is weighted the other way it swings that way. Random sampling is supposed to push it to the centre but its never truly random.
stillyoinkgasp on
When people can’t afford to live, the scope of their concerns shrinks to what they need to survive. Climate change is a problem, but it’s a *distant* problem compared to *how the shih tzu am I going to afford my rent?*
Kegger163 on
Because we are at the point where if you believe it is an issue you can do something through lifestyle changes. In the past it was always someone else is the problem, not me.
People really really hate lifestyle changes. Cognitive dissonance kicks in and now people think it isn’t a problem.
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When people no longer feel secure in being able to afford the basics, all other concerns fall to the wayside
Two reasons.
One, we are living week to week month to month paycheck to paycheck. With so much to occupy it is difficult to think that far ahead especially at this time when every resource is increasingly more valuable
Two, we aren’t the ones who destroyed the climate. For decades and centuries the mega rich have grown fat while they cleave the earth barren. Let them save the earth with their mountains of gold or perish along with it.
Depends on who they are asking and when they are asking them. Last year we had huge wildfires in places where you rarely have them. Smoke was covering areas in Ottawa for instance. This year we definitely had some big ones (Jasper obviously) but they were more localized. The sad fact is the majority of people aren’t going to worry about the climate and such till the effects are right there in their face daily and then it is too late anyway. Also the dominant media forces definitely aren’t pushing climate topics to the front. It is almost all “housing”, “inflation”, “immigrants”. Most people will care about what they are told to care about or it definitely will be whatever is in the forefront of their mind when they answer these questions.
Also the poll people always say “the sample is representative” but there are always going to be factors that can influence your sample. You get enough people who never really cared about climate in there and it is going to swing that way. If your sample is weighted the other way it swings that way. Random sampling is supposed to push it to the centre but its never truly random.
When people can’t afford to live, the scope of their concerns shrinks to what they need to survive. Climate change is a problem, but it’s a *distant* problem compared to *how the shih tzu am I going to afford my rent?*
Because we are at the point where if you believe it is an issue you can do something through lifestyle changes. In the past it was always someone else is the problem, not me.
People really really hate lifestyle changes. Cognitive dissonance kicks in and now people think it isn’t a problem.