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Re:The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate... by apocalypstyx on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:53AM (#27712275)
> We both agreed that history will look back and see these companies being responsible for the destruction of humanity.

History is predicated on at least a rough continuity of records. If the rupture of that continuity of records is bad enough, the concept of history ceases to exist. All we're left with is hunter gathers stumbling across the ruins of ancient 'cities of the gods'.

So even the catharsis of imagining certain individuals or groups being vilified for eternity might be denied us.

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Re:The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate... by SaltyBackendGuy on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:03AM (#27712422)
That's a really good point.

As the old saying goes 'History is written by the victors'. If we all lose then we also lose history.

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