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[–] Mog_fanatic 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm genuinely curious at this point if that point even exists. Like, I've had legitimate conversations with multiple people and i've asked them "what would need to happen for you to believe in human's causing climate change?" The answer is generally something along the lines of "I'm not sure it's even possible for humans to have that big of an effect on the earth."

I would imagine there are tons of people out there who think the same, people with VERY deep pockets and in equally powerful positions that would never change course on their money making machines. Literally the only way I see substantial change happening is if it becomes incredibly profitable.

[–] jarfil 8 points 1 year ago

The tipping point was going to be "our cheap labor is dying out and profits are going down"... except now with automation it's going to be "our robots are breaking down and we need a few more experts to fix them", so no need to care about 99% of the population.