Too optimistic. We are already 15 years past the "3 more years" of the past.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
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Americans voted for Trump, so we all get to die. Yay.
Wrong. There's always going to be a worse impact. There's no upper bound to how bad things can get.
For humanity, there is. The impact we're facing right now is the end of civilization before the end of the century. The impact we're facing if we don't act within 3 years is extinction. The speed of these impacts may vary slightly, though.
Venus
By Tuesday...
So, are we going to organise a general strike to enforce change or should we start preparing for a different climate?
Currently a general strike in the US is planned for May 1st 2028 to coincide with the UAW's contract ending. Unfortunately that's 3 years away, and I doubt climate policy is going to be a focus of that strike.
Hopefully we can organize one sooner, but we'll see. Syndicalist unions independent of corporate control would be the most likely to initiate a general strike, so I'd recommend joining up and unionizing your job with them if you can.
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- 🇦🇷 Argentina: FORA
- 🇦🇺 Australia: ASF-IWA
- 🇧🇷 Brazil: FOB
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: ARS, CITUB
- 🇩🇪 Germany: FAU
- 🇬🇷 Greece: ESE
- 🇮🇹 Italy: USI
- 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Netherlands & Belgium: Vriji Bond
- 🇪🇸 Spain: CNT
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: SAC
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: UVW
I also hope the rest of the world pushes for their own general strikes.
Both
The latter while hoping for the former
Well then brace for impact I guess, because we know we aren't going to change how we do things much in the next 5 years.
Sooooo build a bunker and hoard guns and ammo, then?
What do you plan to do with a hoard of guns and ammo? Get yourself killed so people can loot your bunker?
You would think even the most selfish politicians and CEOs have already experienced some extreme events at this point.
They will be safe in their air conditioned, walled, armed guarded, coal powered compounds. The rest of us are expendable to them.
No one is safe. All will suffer on a dying planet.
The Global South will be the ones to take on the brunt of the suffering, as is tradition.
For how many days?
More than you or I will get 🤷
Well considering they have so much wealth, they can just build their Shangri la on top of Mount Everest or 50 miles below earth, and continue their existence, I'd say indefinitely.
Do they have indefinite food stores? Stock values aren’t going to mean much then.
I’m pretty sure that’s why Zuckerberg is trying to own that whole Hawaiian island. He’s still going to need help farming it.
Once there's no governments to make stuff like pesky anti-slavery laws I'm sure he'll find a way to justify whatever cruelty pleases him.
He doesn’t have the charisma for that. I’m sure someone does, but communities will be better at survival in that scenario.
Well there's ones that are golfing all the time and laying in the sun on their yachts.
I can't wait for a study in 3 years labled "We are doomed"