• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    It’s not just the rich. It’s everyone who takes a car to work instead of bike, it’s everyone who takes an Uber or even a bus instead of walking a mile, it’s everyone who demands that stores open on time and packages are delivered on time.

    It’s hypocritical to hold Musk to a standard that nobody else meets.

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        It’s still justifying pollution for your convenience. And a lot more CO2 has been emitted for the convenience of people who aren’t rich.

        If you live in the US, you are responsible for 3-10X the emissions of people in other countries. You can’t justify that by pointing to Musk.

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          I see, so I can’t criticize Musk for adding lead to the atmosphere for his personal convenience because I have a carbon footprint.

          Logical.

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            Singling someone out for criticism when you do the same is the definition of hypocrisy.

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                11 months ago

                You’ve never flown on a commercial aircraft? Or bought anything that was transported by air?

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                  Are you saying those aircraft wouldn’t have flown if I didn’t specifically do those things? Because otherwise, again, not the same.

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                    If that’s the standard, then Musk is not responsible either. His aircraft would have flown even if he never purchased it.