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@tobi82 @uanrah @gerrymcgovern @Chee_Koala

Unfortunately that seems to be the case:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/02/many-europeans-want-climate-action-but-less-so-if-it-changes-their-lifestyle-shows-poll

It's not the minority of "laggards" that doesn't want to change, it's the majority. Democracy is necessary to enact and legitimize these changes, but at the same time it means only small incremental changes are being accepted.

In the words of William Rees: "The politically acceptable is ecologically disastrous, while the ecologically necessary is politically impossible."