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Class war solves most issues
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/51623256
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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2026
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Now let's look at Who those 10% of world population are:
Right! mostly Americans and our rich westener friends. propably contributing 100 times more than a fella from Zimbabwe does.
800 million people in that 10% but "yep it's all the Americans faults!" lmao
Unless it is a rich Zimbabwean. Then it's probably them. It's about purchasing power and ability to buy air fare and cars etc.
It's very easy to point at and blame others. We can all contribute to solving the problem.
If you can cycle rather than drive to work, the planet thanks you whether you're in Michigan or Nairobi.