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No one thinks the world is going to get 'destroyed'. You're really donwplaying the 'more extreme weather' and life in hot areas is 'going to suck more'. More e
by cmh89 3y ago
No one thinks the world is going to get 'destroyed'. You're really donwplaying the 'more extreme weather' and life in hot areas is 'going to suck more'.
More extreme weather doesn't mean you can't go outside and play. It means mega-droughts. It means crop failures. It means extreme flooding. It means paying more for everything as more people fight over fewer resources. Wealthy countries will be able to somewhat deal with drought in parts of their territory, but poorer countries will experience more famine and hunger. More people will die from heat-related illness.
>But add up all the deaths and inconveniences from this, assume it gets worse, and the world is still incredibly better off than it was in the 1980s.
In the 1980s, an American with a high school education could expect to make a good living and maybe have a stay at home parent.
Most modern Americans wont be able to buy a house much more raise a family on a single income. Everything is getting rapidly expensive while wages stagnate or decline through inflation.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoIn the 1980s we had double digit inflation and a high unemployment rate. Things were not better then, especially if you weren't a white male. The rent to income ratio is at about the same level (30%) as it was in the 80s.
- cmh89 3y agoThere is a lot more to the story than that. How many people entered the workforce in the 80s with more than a years salary in student loans? Inflation adjusted home prices have more than doubled since 1985. Inflation-adjusted median wages were 20% in 1985 than they are in the present. It's a whole generation where people know they'll never own a home or be able to retire, unless they don't have kids.