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CMV: Celebrities and politicians that believe in climate change should adopt extreme lifestyle changes and donate bulk of their $ to the cause.

(I actually do believe in climate change, FYI). Many mega-rich celebrities and politicians love to talk about climate change, but most of these same people seem to make little to no significant change in their personal lifestyle or use their considerable resources to effect change.

Of course, there are many ways to cause change (influence, governmental, private industry) - it just seems very hypocritical for these people to say they want to "save the world" and then jet off to their 4th vacation house. I am sure there are a few examples of individuals who have committed to the cause, and while that is great I wonder why it does not happen en masse.

From my perspective, if you truly believe in something then you should follow through with it. If you do not - then it makes it hard for me to believe that these same people actually believe and/or care. The politicians I can see doing it for votes, so the celebrities stick out to me more.

I am hoping someone can provide an argument that helps me understand why I should give any of these people my time/attention if they are just spouting words without any real action.

EDIT: Adjusting to specify "mega-rich". My argument is not about making everyone do this, it is about those people who could dedicate 80-90% of their resources without impacting their day-to-day lifestyle.

EDIT 2: I also want to state that systematic change (e.g., government, private industry) is needed, this post is just not focused on that part of the equation.
gpt
> if you truly believe in something then you should follow through with it 

I think your main flaw here is that you think "following through" on believing in climate change means making drastic individual changes, when in reality climate change is not that kind of issue, and raising awareness of the systematic issues behind the main problem will probably be making a much larger impact anyway.