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The problem is that implementing solutions, especially multiple solutions, requires a functioning civilization with reasonable amount of international cooperati
by jbotz 3y ago
The problem is that implementing solutions, especially multiple solutions, requires a functioning civilization with reasonable amount of international cooperation and capacity for compromise. But our civilization is set up such that these mechanisms only work so long as there is enough growth that the surplus can be spread around, and while its never been spread around very fairly, right now we're in the double whammy of having less and less surplus to spread around (for multiple reasons, but the costs of the climate crisis alone are already a significant part of that) and at the same time the elites are grabbing ever larger portions of that shrinking surplus. The consequence is that global civilization is becoming too dysfunctional to actually implement the "multiple solutions" that are needed with the urgency that's needed. Or maybe it never functioned that well in the first place, but with each passing day and each additional crisis that goal is moving further into an unattainable future.