Over my life I've seen the Overton window on this debate move from:

> Global warming isn't real.

To:

> Global warming is real, but it's not our fault.

To:

> Global warming is our fault, but it's too expensive to fix.

To, finally, sentiments like this. Summarized as:

> Global warming is out fault and we could fix it. But why bother, it's too far gone already.

At this point pessimism has set in. I'm just tired. COVID showed us that the capacity for personal sacrifice in western nations is very low indeed. I don't expect anyone will want to do anything about global warming if it threatens their job, hobbies, or investments. Long term consequences be damned.

It's interesting that mainstream religions of this world never deal with collective guilt on an individual level. It's always a catalyst that cleanses everyone from individual sin.

We just don't have societal mechanisms that would do this. Look at veganism or similar movements (like the collective movement around quarantine, masks and vaccines). People just do not want to change, they do not want to think rationally or can't and they will mock everything that challenges their status quo.

so lets just give up, accept our fates, and kick the can.