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Here's an even simpler explanation: The planet is dying and the leading candidate on the right is publicly whoring it out to the highest bidder. The people on t

Here's an even simpler explanation: The planet is dying and the leading candidate on the right is publicly whoring it out to the highest bidder. The people on the left aren't much better because most of US politics is under the thumb of the worst market forces. It's hard not to be depressed in the middle of an extinction event for most species.

transcriptase 2y ago
It’s clear that the real culprit is misinformation if you truly think the planet is dying.
- mostlysimilar 2y ago
  "The planet is dying" is shorthand. We're changing it too rapidly for existing species to adapt and they are dying out. That is fact. Does that mean the planet will become uninhabitable forever? Probably not, Earth can bounce back if given a few million years. That's a small comfort for those of us alive today.
  - bryanlarsen 2y ago
    It's a lazy misleading shorthand. The planet has and will survive and thrive even when 90% of species go extinct. 90% of species going extinct is a pretty bleak scenario, no hyperbole is necessary.
    - me_me_me 2y ago
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      - bryanlarsen 2y ago
        We will be part of the 10%, not the 90%. Any species that is - widely present on all continents bar Antarctica - survives in all climates zones - can migrate quickly will be part of the 10%.
    - Capricorn2481 2y ago
      Misleading to who? Sounds like we both knew what I meant. In any case, my point stands that accelerated extinction is depressing, and this is applauded by the right. You're also wrong that we'll be in the 10% that survives. Unless you've learned how to live without water.
      - bryanlarsen 2y ago
        > live without water. The Middle East is surviving just fine without sufficient access to fresh water; desalination makes water more expensive but not significantly so.
        Capricorn2481 2y ago
        The things we're doing to the ocean won't be fixed with desalination.
friend_and_foe 2y ago
Here's a much, much simpler explanation: believing in delusional nonsense correlates strongly with mental illness.
- defrost 2y ago
  Seems sound, one look at the stolen election true believers, jewish space laser upvoters, anti vaxxer brain wormers, et al and the correlation is clear. Doesn't seem to mesh so well with "the further left.." part of the assertion though.

transcriptase 2y ago

It’s clear that the real culprit is misinformation if you truly think the planet is dying.

mostlysimilar 2y ago
"The planet is dying" is shorthand. We're changing it too rapidly for existing species to adapt and they are dying out. That is fact. Does that mean the planet will become uninhabitable forever? Probably not, Earth can bounce back if given a few million years. That's a small comfort for those of us alive today.
- bryanlarsen 2y ago
  It's a lazy misleading shorthand. The planet has and will survive and thrive even when 90% of species go extinct. 90% of species going extinct is a pretty bleak scenario, no hyperbole is necessary.
  - me_me_me 2y ago
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    - bryanlarsen 2y ago
      We will be part of the 10%, not the 90%. Any species that is - widely present on all continents bar Antarctica - survives in all climates zones - can migrate quickly will be part of the 10%.
  - Capricorn2481 2y ago
    Misleading to who? Sounds like we both knew what I meant. In any case, my point stands that accelerated extinction is depressing, and this is applauded by the right. You're also wrong that we'll be in the 10% that survives. Unless you've learned how to live without water.
    - bryanlarsen 2y ago
      > live without water. The Middle East is surviving just fine without sufficient access to fresh water; desalination makes water more expensive but not significantly so.
      - Capricorn2481 2y ago
        The things we're doing to the ocean won't be fixed with desalination.

friend_and_foe 2y ago

Here's a much, much simpler explanation: believing in delusional nonsense correlates strongly with mental illness.

defrost 2y ago
Seems sound, one look at the stolen election true believers, jewish space laser upvoters, anti vaxxer brain wormers, et al and the correlation is clear. Doesn't seem to mesh so well with "the further left.." part of the assertion though.