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I didn’t impeach anyone’s character. Me, I tend toward nihilism. I believe the only outcome is going to be massive political disruptions. I think things must
by suture 4y ago
I didn’t impeach anyone’s character. Me, I tend toward nihilism. I believe the only outcome is going to be massive political disruptions. I think things must get much worse before anything meaningful will be done. Hence my vote for Trump. I voted for the apocalypse. As I see things right leaning people in the U.S. burry their head in the sand and think everything will be just fine. Left leaning people tend to think that driving a Prius is a meaningful action toward the problem and in a sense equally burry their heads in the sand.
My views on this are not normative to any major political group in the U.S. One thing that ought to be indisputable is that massively increasing the energy into the weather system will cause major disruptions before the system stabilizes into a new normal (equilibrium).
- j2bax 4y agoI love a good out of left field comment! People are so quick to assume and paint everyone with an extremely blunt brush. We'd all be better to not do that and engage in meaningful conversations with each other rather than rely on what we think we know about everyone's political associations.
- starkd 4y agoThere are environmentalists who have notably pulled back on the global warming alarm bells. Shellenberger and Lomborg are two notable examples. They still agree with the science, but think the rhetoric only inflames things and leads to unnecessary panic. Not saying they are right, but it's important to note scientists are not all in unison on this topic. The fact the media want you to thnk so should be a red flag, in my opinion. They create a fear that only instills a panic that forces you to accept their solution. These solutions should be rationally discussed and not stampeded into.
- suture 4y agoI haven’t studied the issue so my opinion doesn’t matter. It seems to me that there will need to be far fewer people in the future in order to have a planet worth living on. I think all policies not designed to ensure this outcome will fail. So for me policy doesn’t matter since none of the ones I’ve read about have this as their goal. Mine is a minority opinion. Maybe even and extremist one!
- starkd 4y agoI'd be wary of all or nothing platitudes. Not only is it mentally unhealthy, it's also highly destructive to consider our relationship with the environment an adversarial one. Most of straightline projections are wildly off the mark. We were told we only have ten years left 20 years ago. People are not just cattle. They are also a resource itself. Not just consumers. and remarkable good resources at being able to adapt.