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‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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I totally agree, but people also need to be careful when they're trying to place blame in general. My main question is: how could it have possibly been any different? Anger and blame are pointless and unhelpful. Unless it's like the oil company situation where they knew and then actively deceived. Those fuckers should be beaten to death in front of their families (this is totally a joke, of course, or is it? idk).
Much of this comes down to human nature and one thing leading to the next like dominoes. The US is setup as a representative democracy & humans can't see beyond the tip of their noses -> people vote for today and ignore the future -> politicians don't risk their jobs over something their voters don't care about -> climate change kills a shitload of people, eliminates snowmelt, and scorches bread baskets -> mass migrations, war, famine, chaos. The most important questions is: what will we do with today to shape the future?
The time you took to explain your position paid off. I totally get your perspective, and appreciate you persisting.
I don't think we disagree on anything. Except I don't joke about beating oil barons to death. The prospect is the only motivation I need to get up in the morning. So that, but unironically.
(Oh, and my deleted comment was a duplicate of the previous comment)