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Because no one thinks their house will burn down or flood, or that they will starve. We're supposed to be self-interested individuals, but sadly most people on
by nprateem 2y ago
Because no one thinks their house will burn down or flood, or that they will starve.
We're supposed to be self-interested individuals, but sadly most people only seem to wake up the moment their own safety is directly threatened.
Such a shame that 50 years of climate warnings have done practically nothing to stop us reaching the tipping point. If we aren't there yet, we will be in our lifetimes no doubt.
- Xenoamorphous 2y agoMost people that voted for Trump I’d say is not that they don’t think climate change will affect them, it’s that they don’t think there’s climate change at all, or even if it there is, it’s not caused by humans.
- immibis 2y ago"climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it" - @PerthshireMags on ex-twitter