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I can’t do videos ATM but from the text you write I’m sensing a false dichotomy (that change can either be organized via policy or it can come from individual action) -- a very popular one that I find self-destructive. If you tell people this is all on the big corps & that the govs must fix it, you discourage individual action (“it’s not my responsibility to stop driving a car, someone else should take away the option” mentality).
Extinction Rebellion (#XR) has the right idea: you can’t rely on govs or corps to get their shit together. Individual action is essential. Which is not say you shouldn’t still pressure the gov to act. But you certainly cannot count on the right policy to come fast enough.