Greed and Excess Drive the Climate Crisis, So Why Aren’t They Being Questioned?

Re:Greed and Excess Drive the Climate Crisis, So Why Aren’t ... by ryandrake on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:32AM (#36944168)

I believed this too, until COVID. Millions weren't even willing to do so much as wear a tiny piece of cloth over their faces. If they can't even put up with that minuscule level of discomfort for the greater good, do you think they will ever make the sacrifices needed to slow climate change? No way!

No solution to climate change is politically viable if it means the general public needs to lift a finger. We know they just won't do anything, mandated or not. The ocean could be coming into their living room, and they will sit there, watching it, scowling about their political opponents.

We had millions of people literally willing to spread a deadly disease and die, just to irritate the other side. Not only will these people do nothing in the face of climate change, they will do whatever they can to accelerate it if they believe their ideological opponents want to stop it.

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Re:Greed and Excess Drive the Climate Crisis, So Why Aren’t ... by jacquesm on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:49AM (#36944462)

I think we're on the same page, I just meant 'die' in a slightly more literal sense than you probably took it.

And yes, it is incredibly sad. Somewhere in the last century we went completely off the rails to the point where we are now endangering our world and have no tools to do anything about it. It's like watching a slow motion train wreck, unfortunately both you and I are on the train and we can't get off.

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