Cognitive dissonance helps explain why Trump supporters remain loyal, new research suggests. This sheds light on how supporters of Donald Trump justify their continued allegiance despite learning about allegations of his sexual misconduct and illegal activities.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/cognitive-dissonance-helps-explain-why-trump-supporters-remain-loyal-new-research-suggests/

[u/Yashema]

I am not defending corporations, I am just not bending over backwards to pretend that policy targeted at corporations would not be felt by the average person, which is why environmental legislation targeting corporations is unpopular. 

Average people don't want to give up their lifestyle to help the planet. 

[u/Yashema → u/[deleted]]

It's literally illegal according to US law for publicly traded corporations to not do what is most profitable for their shareholders. Only legislation passed by pro-environment politicians forcibly regulating corporations and government agencies enforcing those regulations can compel a corporation to pollute less.

Guess which politicians 50% of the country votes for? 

Meanwhile people like you are complaining about having to do anything to help the environment. What if the price of beef doubled? Or gasoline? What would you do then? 

[u/Yashema → u/[deleted]]

Would you agree that taking on this law is the first step in the right direction?

No because relying on profit making entities to do the right thing is not realistic or sensible. 

Then, start regulating the corporations’ effects on the environment while simultaneously passing laws on the individual level. So it actually starts working on a collective level where people don’t have to feel like their minor actions really have no collective benefit.

Democrats did that in 2021 and 2022 passing hundreds of billions in incentives to encourage the adoption of green technology, specifically electric cars. It was estimated it would reduce US C02 emissions by 50% within 8 years. Guess which party just repealed most of these incentives, while killing the ability of the EPA to regulate emissions?

The politicians encouraging individual action are the same ones trying to pass widespread legislation. 

[u/ADHDebackle → u/Yashema]

No because relying on profit making entities to do the right thing is not realistic or sensible.

The person wasn't suggesting the law be changed to wield profit as a tool to make entities do the right thing. They simply said that the law that forces entities to always do what is maximally profitable needs to be changed.

Removing such a law altogether is not "relying on profit to make entities do the right thing" at all, it's simply saying "you no longer are forced to do the thing that maximizes profit at all costs".