Government can solve this like it solved abortion rights, gay marriage, education, oppression of people by dictators, slavery, prohibition, illegal drugs, ... Violence, the tool that is the government, cannot change the minds of the people. And for environmental issues, it is very easy to undermine it if many are determined to do so.
All of those government fueled solutions can sometimes make it better for people in the short-term, but they fail to convince in the long run. The South is still pissed off about the civil war 150 years later. If slavery had died off from persuasion instead of at the end of the gun, generations of blacks might have had a better time of it. Post-civil war could have also worked out if the government had not turned its back, but that is exactly the problem. Those who care generally get their way.
That is why one has to convince people of the way and then government can clean up the rest.
Convince 80% then government can handle the other 20%. What does not work is convincing 20% and pretending government can handle the other 80%.
Government has a role, but it truly is the will of the people first. Do your part, spread the word, make it the norm, and then government can handle the outliers.
With illegal drugs, many were against drugs back in the day, but the culture turned. The government reacted with its all-out war on drugs and yet it continues to fail while doing massive damage.
All of those government fueled solutions can sometimes make it better for people in the short-term, but they fail to convince in the long run. The South is still pissed off about the civil war 150 years later. If slavery had died off from persuasion instead of at the end of the gun, generations of blacks might have had a better time of it. Post-civil war could have also worked out if the government had not turned its back, but that is exactly the problem. Those who care generally get their way.
That is why one has to convince people of the way and then government can clean up the rest.
Convince 80% then government can handle the other 20%. What does not work is convincing 20% and pretending government can handle the other 80%.
Government has a role, but it truly is the will of the people first. Do your part, spread the word, make it the norm, and then government can handle the outliers.
With illegal drugs, many were against drugs back in the day, but the culture turned. The government reacted with its all-out war on drugs and yet it continues to fail while doing massive damage.