• Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Again: in the past they couldn’t, even if they tried, fuck up the whole biosphere of our planet as we are doing right now.

    So no, not same as always. The underlying principle yes, but the scale was physically not possible before.

    Except if you mean last 150 years, then agreed.

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      Right, and sometime in the future it’ll be an even larger problem like fucking up multiple planets. Of course the problems of today are unique in their scale; they’ll also be dwarfed by problems in the future, and today will seem simple in comparison.

      There’s a reason people always think the world / society is going to end with their generation, that we’re somehow unique in the amount of damage we can wreak.

      You’d be incredibly lucky to witness the end of the world, it’s something people have been talking about for thousands of years.

      Yes, I agree that we have more ability than ever to cause harm to the environment. No, I don’t think the perception of this is anything unique. If you keep advancing, the problems only get worse and worse. Thus, it’s the same as it ever was. People think we’re going to destroy the world just like every other generation has and will in the future.

      If you don’t agree, that’s fine. It’s just my opinion, not an objective fact.