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> Things will get permanently worse but _somehow_ systems will get set up so that those at the top of society will basically live comfortably forever. > The wo
by jfim 7y ago
> Things will get permanently worse but _somehow_ systems will get set up so that those at the top of society will basically live comfortably forever.
> The worst case climate scenarios are not actually "game over" for a lot of people. It will cause immense, quasi-permanent damage to a lot of people. But those people don't hold the levers of power.
This really depends on the amount of system damage done. Sure, at +1.5°C of global average temperature increase, you'll probably do fine.
But at +15°C? What will wealth buy you?