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I don't think what you describe as 'insanity' is at all confined to climate change though. It actually seems weird to me to be surprised that we find it hard to

I don't think what you describe as 'insanity' is at all confined to climate change though. It actually seems weird to me to be surprised that we find it hard to take collective action on this. We're talking about a (in relation to a human lifetime) gradual process, with costs relatively far in the future. Experimental evidence shows all sorts of costs are exponentially discounted over time — so why should this be any different, for people taking individual actions or deciding whether to elect pro-environmental governments? Other problems are just more pressing: what to feed your kids without them whining about vegetarian food; how to pay the rent; how to get promoted if this requires long distance travel; enjoying time with friends and family if they live at a distance.

jfengel 5y ago
Most people, in most places, at least acknowledge the issue. It doesn't mean they're jumping up to pay the costs, but it's an ordinary discussion about responsibility and economics rather than an assault on science. The delusions are largely limited to one country, for whom this is not merely about the difficulty of collective action but a paranoid belief that it's a massive global hoax. That's a whole new level of delusion.