The Climate Court’s Toothless Victory: International law can declare climate action mandatory, but it can’t force the middle-class to change how they live

https://substack.com/home/post/p-171417836

by Psychological-Pie857

9 comments

  1. How the middle class lives is significantly less of a problem than how the top 1% live and conduct business across this planet.

  2. Since the 1% has been mentioned already, it’s always helpful to know what that actually means. Because if you’re in a wealthy country, your notion of 1% is distorted by the very fact that you’re in a wealthy country. America’s 1% (close to $700,000 in income), for example, bears no resemblance to global 1%.

    [https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/how-rich-am-i](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/how-rich-am-i)

    US, single, childless, and an after-tax income of $68,500 puts you in the richest 1% of the world, even after taking cost of living differences into consideration. US again, married, with two kids and $274,000 in after tax income is also the top 1%.

  3. Laws can force governments to take action and governments can force corporations to take action… Why is every climate change story focused on individuals? It’s very tedious

  4. I think this guy’s a bot.

    They basically replied with the same copy/paste text twice and in the same feed.

  5. It’s not the middle class. It’s about two dozen corporations that account for the majority of carbon.

  6. How about changing how the upper classes live, and how much pollution can be emitted by industry?

  7. It isn’t the middle classes fault. My entire middle class life hasn’t put out as much green house gas as one 2 hour flight

  8. Blaming the “middle class”?!… that’s idiotic: billionaires & corporations are *overwhelmingly disproportionately responsible* for greenhouse gas emissions. Why not criticize how those two interest groups live?

  9. The “middle class” lives in a way dictated by their corporations and governance. I want to take public transit to work, but if there is no public transit, I must drive a car. I do not have a choice in this matter, so it is the corporations and governments that are responsible for those emissions.

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