• pumpsnabben@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get this sarcasm, been on Reddit for too long?

    Not buying smartphones for kids and not buying tons of cheap clothes from China will make an impact, this is something kids can do to help save us from climate change. Am I wrong?

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      1 year ago

      it’s not the children’s fault when it’s the adults indoctrinating them into this consumerist mentality – the “asking for cell phones” is a learned behavior, not something they were born with …

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        1 year ago

        No one has said it’s the kids fault, this interpretation is just unnecessary and hostile.

        I commented that if we stop giving kids new smartphones every year and if teens stop buying tons of child slavery clothes from China they can help us to combat climate change.