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Not at all the point. Your wording was that it's "inevitable" and that is the issue for me.
In the face of all that's injust in the world, do you have nothing better to do than sow despair?
This is a projection. It's good that we have it but whether it is true can only be known in the future.
Again, based on a projection โ there's always a worse case. E.g. if we didn't widely use solar/wind power, our GHG emissions would be vastly higher still.
This is nonsense. Voters have accepted previous refugees, they may as well accept future refugees. The main thing that's changed since is that mass media went from supporting humane ideas to supporting more or less openly racist ideas.
(You may want to think about the dehumanizing effect of the term "wave" here btw.)
It's not everyone's answer & minds can be changed over time.
They're extremely possible. They're just really improbable given current power structures.
I am sure you will find an organization that, while not perfect, is working on things you care about.
Pro tip: The Russian government started a war in Europe. The Russian government is claiming the territory of one sovereign nation in Europe and in fact looking for more.
Being able to defend against that means we can continue looking at other societal objectives too โ such as fighting climate change.
There's no climate movement under Putin.
No, China isn't "bad". But like the Russian government, the Chinese government is spreading authoritarianism and making the world dependent on Chinese products.
Is that so?