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If the Earth is middle-aged, we are the equivalent of a stomach ache it got from eating something expired for breakfast
by rangibaby 7y ago
If the Earth is middle-aged, we are the equivalent of a stomach ache it got from eating something expired for breakfast
- throwaway5752 7y agoI don't know why but your view and the gp commenter's view makes me more angry even than the deliberate liars on the other side of the climate change. It reduces us all to passive pawns in something beyond our control. It is not, and we are not. Human beings have all the technical ability to be the dominant species on Earth until the Sun transitions to a red giant - billions of years. Then we probably have what it takes to colonize within the solar system. We have that level of intelligence and capability. People just need to have some personal responsibility.
- blix 7y agoYour view seems to be deeply human-centric, while the views you criticize are not. I wonder if this mismatch is the source of your anger. Climate deniers/liars primarily disregard the enviroment in favor of human impacts, which is shared among many threads of climate activism as well.
- throwaway5752 7y agoI'm angry because I have visibility into this area and have kids, honestly. I can't afford to be philosophical about it.
- blix 7y agoFor all your talk of the impacts of overpopulation... the reason for your belief system is that you have kids? It seems to me we can't afford to not think philosophically about it.
- kortilla 7y agoHaving kids is pretty hypocritical in the context of spouting “personal responsibility” when it comes to climate change. Also, having kids doesn’t give you anymore reason to be angry. Despite the alarmism, your children will being growing up with more abundance than you did.
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- pintxo 7y agoI am with you, we are somewhat of an infection, but we have the technical ability not to be one. If we have the social ability is another question.