The overall message here I think is: action is still necessary, but the reality is that we’re too caught up in politics and economics and we missed our chance at mitigation. Now we need to look to how to cope with what’s coming.
The overall message here I think is: action is still necessary, but the reality is that we’re too caught up in politics and economics and we missed our chance at mitigation. Now we need to look to how to cope with what’s coming.
And im not saying they aren’t, or that we shouldn’t do them.
Im saying it’s not nearly what we SHOULD be doing, and we don’t deserve to rest comfortably knowing some techbros and Chinese manufacturing are working on it.
Look at what the rich and powerful are doing. They’re literally preparing for the apocalypse. They’ve lied about climate change time and time again but they know what’s coming.
The US doesn’t exist in isolation, the damage this country does affects everyone. That’s how this works. And it will be the Global South who suffers most, unfairly, as always.
So, again, I tell you to be realistic about the future. Sure yes do everything we can - but deal with the existential crisis now when you’ve still got AC.
This is an anarchist instance, we’re on the same page. Ending capitalism is the only real way out of all of this.
But right now, at this very moment, things are not doomed. They could be doomed in the future, but that isn’t written yet. So yes, fight like hell, but realize that a lot of people who read comments like “We’re fucked. It’s over”, or read the OP’s article, will come away thinking we’ve already reached a human extinction level event, which we absolutely have not yet, and can still influence.
It’s important to frame it that we can still make a difference, otherwise people will simply give up and not worry about trying to fix things since they believe it’s all fucked and pointless, which can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.