While I agree in general, we are already past the stage where we can avoid irreversible damage. Now it's only the choice between catastrophic damage that will kill millions and apocalyptic damage that will kill billions.
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2024
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There are still different amounts of harm, and some things can still be much worse than others. We are not without agency.
Don't adopt learned helplessness as a strategy, because it's suicidal to do so.
I'm not saying we should do nothing, we definitely shouldn't. But we also shouldn't expect some miraculous solution that makes everything whole again.
Any republican winning any election is bad for climate change. The sky is blue. Water is wet. Bears shit in the woods.
inb4 some chud insists that water is not wet
I would never...