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I've got someone in my family that surfaces this stuff for me which is lucky. Since I don't go out of my way to dig it up.
There is theater around the environment and individual and collection action, but reducing carbon release into the atmosphere is imperative. We should not strive for net zero. We should strive for net -10x.
Wish we could just do these things. It’s too bad, sometimes, that it’s so hard to generate political will and societal action.
Also child sexual and physical abuse has reduced during this same time frame. "According to David Finkelhor who tracked Child Maltreatment Report (NCANDS) data from 1990 to 2010, sexual abuse had declined 62% from 1992 to 2009 and the long-term trend for physical abuse was also down by 56% since 1992." from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse
We have a lot of problems, but your understand of the issues are poor.
Back before him resort maps had a lot more variety.
There are other problems where personal action on an individual level can make positive change, but this isn't one of them.
Focusing on personal consumption is an illness of upper middle class Americans that keeps you from focusing your efforts on activity that might lead the actual change.
At https://berniesanders.com/issues/corporate-accountability-an... the section labeled: "Democratize Corporate Boards".
Worth reading to think about nuts and bolts of something like this being normal and required.
Conservatives, currently, have a significant problem with folks doing violence and domestic terrorism. Left wing had it in the 1970s (although to be fair the data has shown the right tends to kills more folks even going back to then).
Not being a fully realized person doesn't stop you from making connections. Even deep great friendships. You and your friends can grow together over time. You can cut out friends that are not a good fit over time if they are bad for you (abusive, etc.).
McKinsey is awful for helping enable an immoral business practice. The pharma companies engaging in it are also practicing an immoral business practice. And Congress is failing in its duties to reign in the excesses of American capitalism.