Til' then the world's just gonna be allowed to burn basically unabetted by the people in charge?

  • stigsbandit34z [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I'm just baffled by the fact that there are still many people that believe climate change is a hoax

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      What belief would make you sleep easier at night?

      • That you are part of a system that is on the the path to a drastic civilization-changing catastrophy that can only be averted through radical changes in lifestyle and the abandonment of many of the things that are considered comforts today and that those in power are going to do nothing about it. or
      • That those silly liberals are at it again and think they can change the weather by making you pay higher taxes
    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Sure part of it is blatant ignorance but somewhere in there I'd imagine denial is a kind of defense mechanism against reality, against looking deeper into how capitalism, the thing they were told their entire lives is holy, is actually dooming them.

      • RangeFourHarry [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        There’s a lot of horror in realizing that cars are bad. Accept that climate change is happening, and then realize that there’s nothing a single person can do to stop it. All you’re usually left with is angst

        • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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          3 years ago

          I think for a lot of these people it's easier to simply dismiss it as a Chinese hoax and continue ignoring it. But, quickly, it's going to become impossible to ignore any longer.

          • RangeFourHarry [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            People will deny it 100 years from now. Believing something afactual right now won’t stop people from believing the same thing later, just like a conspiracy theory.

            And I think there quite a few people who don’t believe in climate change, while also not believing that it’s China’s fault