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Wars are not exactly beneficial to the planet. And it would be a nice joke if your righteous war to save the planet from climate change ends up leading us into
by danenania 5y ago
Wars are not exactly beneficial to the planet. And it would be a nice joke if your righteous war to save the planet from climate change ends up leading us into a nuclear winter.
Neither violence or authoritarianism are necessary to solve the problem. We who live in democracies "just" have to elect governments sufficiently not corrupt that they will impose the required environmental restrictions on industry, and use strong economic pressure on other nations that don't get their houses in order.
- pphysch 5y ago> We "just" have to elect a government sufficiently not corrupt that it will impose the required environmental restrictions on industry, and use strong economic pressure on other nations that don't get their houses in order. This is essentially the operating definition of "authoritarianism" in Washington, though. If you can't be bought, you must be anti-freedom.
- Taek 5y ago> Wars are not exactly beneficial to the planet. And it would be a nice joke if your righteous war to save the planet from climate change ends up leading us into a nuclear winter. Fully agree. War is worth avoiding at all costs. > We who live in democracies "just" have to elect governments sufficiently not corrupt that they will impose the required environmental restrictions on industry, and use strong economic pressure on other nations that don't get their houses in order. I may be overly cynical but I just don't see this happening. But I would absolutely rejoice if it did work out that way.
- pope_meat 5y agoI can't believe we forgot to try that. Just vote, people. Heavy sarcasm