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    213 days ago

    Wait, wasn’t the whole point of climate change that we use more resources than the ecosystem can replenish?

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      613 days ago

      Nope. Climate change is a pollution issue. Reducing consumption can reduce pollution, but paying or not paying for a digital copy of something has effectively zero cost in the form of natural resources or pollution.

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        113 days ago

        I’m not saying that the scarcity of digital goods isn’t bullshit, but it’s rarely what keeps people poor.

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          12 days ago

          The comment I responded to was regarding climate change and resource consumption, and piracy’s “impact” on them, so …

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              112 days ago

              I mean sure, but the things people are prone to stealing physically, when they wouldn’t otherwise but for price, tend to be those they must have just to live. That’s not the sort of consumption we can ethically reduce.