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The world is being run by conservatives and fascists.
The world will not change course, humanity is borked.
bye bye world
Time to come up with a new target we can miss.
The good news is that it is still something we can deal with. I mean, to just give up is to let the current "owners of the world win" ( billionaires and gang).
And how do we stop those billionaires?
The way that I see it, they won't stop by themselves. We either get politicians to finally stop them (highly doubtful) or the world citizens stop them by force.
What other solution is there?
I mean honestly a fundamental restructuring of democracy in the US. We need a 3rd party in the US that can hijack the Democratic party apparatus without falling victim to its trappings in order to crack the first-past-the-post system; without that, capital has the oppressive power of the top 5 most funded militaries in human history. The US squats on any country that even thinks of not playing nicely with capital, and without that there can be no resistance to climate change.
Beyond that, you really just need to prepare. Blah blah, mutual aid, community defense, etc. I'm not gonna bore you with what you know, just reiterate that it WILL help when shit hits the fan. I guarantee you when your kids are getting conscripted into the water wars, you're gonna want to have enough community presence to push back.
Over the course of the history of the planet, there have been several extinction events, and then over time, new life evolves from what remains creating new biodiversity. The only difference is that the mass extinction is being caused by an apex predator, (humans,) instead of a meteor, or volcano. The earth will incorporate plastic into the new ecology. It's already happening. We will go extinct by making the planet incompatible with human life; other life will exist and thrive.
we would not be the first organisms to create harsh conditions.
But it took a lot longer than 150 years to fuck the planet
We are effective if not intelligent.
I've always liked Antonio Gutteres. While a politician, he has been the most honest of them when it comes to climate change.
eh, covering up Covid for China for a solid 6 months wasn't great.
Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die.
Gonna need to get those Coke-drinking polar bears a fridge...
Yeah sure, tell that to the billionaires that are actively ruining the planet.
Hot climate take: Having children is the most selfish thing possible.