Wildlife collapse from climate change is predicted to hit suddenly and sooner

Re:Wildlife collapse from climate change is predicted to hit... by yters on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:20PM (#22884314)

I agree civil movements and bloodless revolutions through the political process are good. Violent overthrows are bad, AFAIK almost always resulting in a much worse regime than the one being overthrown. The USA's founding is a fortunate divergence from the norm. More recently, look at the Bolshevik revolution, resulting in over 100 million dead.

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Re:Wildlife collapse from climate change is predicted to hit... by perfunctory on Thursday April 16, 2020 @04:08AM (#22887216)

Agree. I should be more specific next time. By "rebel" I don't mean violent overthrows. I mean peaceful civil disobedience.

Btw, here is some science on violent vs. non-violent uprisings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w

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Re:Wildlife collapse from climate change is predicted to hit... by pasquinelli on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @08:52PM (#22884977)

Yeah, how many are dead from the american revolution? And how many were lifted out of poverty by each revolution? Since you can apparently trace all of history following a revolution to that revolution, how do you add up these numbers? While we're at it, how many deaths do you pin on the british empire and the russian empire?

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Re:Wildlife collapse from climate change is predicted to hit... by yters on Thursday April 16, 2020 @12:44PM (#22891185)

How many were lifted out of poverty through capitalism, despite massive, bloody revolutions that resulted in genocidal regimes that killed untold millions of their own citizens?

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