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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by boredtofears on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:53AM (#27854262)
> It’s also utterly like us as a species to think that killing 3 out of 4 people is an easier fix than just living within our means.

Individuals aren't really responsible for the mass amounts of pollutants put into the atmosphere the same way corporations are. In order for the human population to "live within it's means" at an impactful scale it would require a change of capitalist philosophy that quite obviously isn't going to change anytime soon.

Kicking the can down the road 30 years is by far the best option we have available to us at this point (not that it will happen in my lifetime).

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by rbanffy on Friday July 16, 2021 @07:17AM (#27855093)
> would require a change of capitalist philosophy that quite obviously isn't going to change anytime soon.

Capitalism won’t go without a fight.

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by headmelted on Friday July 16, 2021 @08:32AM (#27855571)
In order for the human population to "live within it's means" at an impactful scale it would require a change of capitalist philosophy that quite obviously isn't going to change anytime soon.

Yes.

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by headmelted on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:04AM (#27871224)
To add to this, just doing away with capitalism does not solve this problem, and creates myriad others.

Absolutely the scale of the problem is unprecedented though, but that message hasn’t changed in 50 years.

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