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Sadly, I don’t think we’ve hit bottom enough yet. Maybe when we do we can break from the cult of the individual. Though it can just as likely turn into civil wa
by adamcstephens 6y ago
Sadly, I don’t think we’ve hit bottom enough yet. Maybe when we do we can break from the cult of the individual. Though it can just as likely turn into civil war and bloodshed.
- airhead969 6y agoI think you're right. Most people are reactive rather than proactive. In the case of long-term existential threats like climate change, this isn't an option and requires top-down, unpopular mandates that only get necessarily more draconian as the hole gets dug deeper. Hyper individualists who don't care about anything outside their lifestyle vs. collective community participants for sustainability; easily pigeonholed with pejoratives like conspiracy nuts/deplorables vs. socialists/communists/antifa. The related issue of power structures excessively dominated by the hubris of the rent seekers refusing to change because of self-serving greed: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK They're asking for it, and will only placate with crumbs, but will never cede power without a fight.