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Climate change won't be stopped because the population of the world who care, and the population who might care, is massively dwarfed by the number of people wh
by amflare 6y ago
Climate change won't be stopped because the population of the world who care, and the population who might care, is massively dwarfed by the number of people who will never care. And the incentives are aligned such that benefit for humans means detriment for the planet. Thus, it is in no nation's individual interest to actually push for climate change legislation. Because first they would fall behind industrially, then economically, then finally get squeezed into irrelevance. And even if they did hypothetically care enough to make this sacrifice "for the betterment of the earth, humanity, and future generations", it would all be for naught once they fell into irrelevance. Like a child going on a hunger strike, nobody cares and they don't have a say anyway.