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related: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-long-game/2021/09/14/humanity-is-doomed-494318 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-long-game/2021/09/1...
by jonnycomputer 5y ago
related: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-long-game/2021/09/14/humanity-is-doomed-494318 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-long-game/2021/09/1...
and the survey: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3918955 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3918955
- omegaworks 5y ago>That failing could amount to a form of child abuse, the report found, saying “the distress of climate anxiety could be regarded as cruel, inhuman, degrading or torturous.” So strange to hand the right-wing their next talking point. The way this is phrased, it looks like they're trying to gaslight people legitimately concerned about the future.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoI'm not sure I understand your argument. This is the quote: >“Climate anxiety in children and young people should not be seen as simply caused by ecological disaster; it is also caused by more powerful ‘others’ (adults and governments) failing to act on the threats being faced,” researchers wrote. >That failing could amount to a form of child abuse, the report found, saying “the distress of climate anxiety could be regarded as cruel, inhuman, degrading or torturous.”
- oconnor663 5y agoI don't think the marginal value of a talking point is much. Especially if you believe your political enemies are comfortable with lying anyway.