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The real thing I fear involving climate change is civilization collapse, or at least famine and warfare. I fear a future where there are a lot of very, very ang
by asdfman123 7y ago
The real thing I fear involving climate change is civilization collapse, or at least famine and warfare. I fear a future where there are a lot of very, very angry, hungry people, lead by governments with nuclear weapons.
This is just based on my casual reading of events and history. If anyone knows of any good articles talking about this sort of thing, link me.
- GVIrish 7y agoPeople should be very worried about this. Some parts of the world are already unstable, imagine what happens when food supplies dramatically contract or areas are hit with multiple weather disasters. There is a lot of strain and turmoil over migrations as is (see Syria), imagine what that looks like when hundreds of millions of people are displaced. What happens when millions of hungry and displaced people try to move across borders to countries that are their outright enemies? Or if an already oppressed ethnic group is hit with a water crisis? One doesn't need to look far into history to see that it could lead to mass murder