What if we stopped pretending the climate apocalypse can be stopped?

Re:What if we stopped pretending the climate apocalypse can ... by perl4ever on Sunday September 08, 2019 @10:20PM (#20914711)

I'm not clear on why people are particularly angry at capitalism. It seems like just a label that allows people to focus on the US fossil fuel industry, as the US is the archetype of capitalism, while vaguely associating all the other major fossil fuel producers with the West/US/capitalism.

Is the reason Russia and KSA are producing fossil fuels because they were infected with a specific ideology? I feel like there's a confusion of cause and effect, like if you blamed evolution on Darwinism.

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Re:What if we stopped pretending the climate apocalypse can ... by faissaloo on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:09PM (#20942384)

Modern capitalism puts itself at the center of society and greatly punishes anything that attempts to draw people away from holding capital gain as being the epitome of self-interest. Yes, Russia and the KSA do indeed bend to the will of capitalism, with varying degrees of resistance. If people were not rewarded for this behavior it would not continue.

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Re:What if we stopped pretending the climate apocalypse can ... by perl4ever on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:29PM (#20947232)

"Modern capitalism puts itself at the center of society"

Does it insist upon itself?

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Re:What if we stopped pretending the climate apocalypse can ... by faissaloo on Thursday September 12, 2019 @12:36PM (#20953470)

It's moreso that too many people with too much control over resources insist on it.

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