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> Citizens should be entitled to representation, but not over representation (which is what holds us back currently). But it's the climate change advocates li

> Citizens should be entitled to representation, but not over representation (which is what holds us back currently). But it's the climate change advocates like you who are overrepresented? You don't represent the majority. Not just in the US, but even more so globally.

wizzwizz4 2y ago
Advocates and activists are almost never the majority. People who agree with the advocates, though? In this case, my search engine says they seem to be. https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/09/14/in-response-to-climate-change-citizens-in-advanced-economies-are-willing-to-alter-how-they-live-and-work/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/09/14/in-response-to... https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/09/despite-pandemic-many-europeans-still-see-climate-change-as-greatest-threat-to-their-countries/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/09/despite-pandem... Recent polls suggest that opposition to climate change has decreased in the US in the past few years, but it's still just about a majority (and a clear bipartisan majority, if you only count under-30s). https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/07/14/americans-divided-over-direction-of-bidens-climate-change-policies/ https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/07/14/americans-div... Do you have a reason to believe otherwise? We all have a tendency to think our views are more common than they are (unless we're, like, being heckled for them in the streets): maybe the people in your local area are disproportionately opposed to anti-climate-change action?
toomuchtodo 2y ago
https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change-support https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change-support ("Our World In Data: More people care about climate change than you think: The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this")
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wizzwizz4 2y ago

Advocates and activists are almost never the majority. People who agree with the advocates, though? In this case, my search engine says they seem to be. https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/09/14/in-response-to-climate-change-citizens-in-advanced-economies-are-willing-to-alter-how-they-live-and-work/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/09/14/in-response-to... https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/09/despite-pandemic-many-europeans-still-see-climate-change-as-greatest-threat-to-their-countries/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/09/despite-pandem... Recent polls suggest that opposition to climate change has decreased in the US in the past few years, but it's still just about a majority (and a clear bipartisan majority, if you only count under-30s). https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/07/14/americans-divided-over-direction-of-bidens-climate-change-policies/ https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/07/14/americans-div... Do you have a reason to believe otherwise? We all have a tendency to think our views are more common than they are (unless we're, like, being heckled for them in the streets): maybe the people in your local area are disproportionately opposed to anti-climate-change action?

toomuchtodo 2y ago

https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change-support https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change-support ("Our World In Data: More people care about climate change than you think: The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this")

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