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you're being facetious. We don't "have to first lose", its just the very likely outcome is that we will lose. That's not to say its not worth trying but that w
by Quarrelsome 6y ago
you're being facetious. We don't "have to first lose", its just the very likely outcome is that we will lose.
That's not to say its not worth trying but that we should assume failure, otherwise you end up like the UK's Brexit negotiators who were "all-in" on the "oh they'll buckle as the time runs out" strategy and have no plan if that doesn't pan out beyond "so what now?".
The basic strategy right now seems to run on the basic belief that human-kind will figure out its slowly destroying its habitat and change accordingly. I don't think we've even managed to all figure out the extent of the destruction let alone even start to change accordingly.
What habits have we changed since the 1990s within our population to cut global carbon emissions? I'm struggling to glue a couple of things together. If I'm not mistaken, global air travel has _soared_ within that time window and everyone is just sitting on their hands under the mistaken belief that renewables will bail us out while we all still drive in a car to go to the supermarket.
- mulmen 6y agoI’m saying framing the climate crisis as “lost” is a bad way to gain support for positive change.
- Quarrelsome 6y agoWell sure, its not the best marketing campaign but I'm not marketing for them so its fine as an opinion, isn't it?
- mulmen 6y agoEFF is doing something. Countless organizations are working on climate change in meaningful ways. Spouting hopeless negativity about their efforts isn't interesting or helpful. In fact I think it is harmful because it perpetuates toxic hopelessness and discourages people from taking action. You're entitled to your opinion and you have a right to express yourself but you don't have an obligation. Please consider the effect your words can have. If you have constructive criticism please share it.
- Quarrelsome 6y ago> You're entitled to your opinion and you have a right to express yourself but you don't have an obligation. Please consider the effect your words can have. What you say is nice, what you mean is rude. You wanna work on your manners there.
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