I'm having a hard time determining whether the environment has been on the decline since then and social media was jut less ubiquitous or if things have actually gotten worse. I guess I'm just having trouble gauging the state of things and wondering if everything has been amplified by the internet and is still somewhat the same as it was 10 or so years ago. But what do you think

  • Parenti [comrade/them,any]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    I guess that makes me wonder how far they can keep pushing the "point of no return"

    It seems like they've said that we can still prevent utter catastrophe if we act now for like 5-6 years...

    • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      They used to use the doomer estimates to convince people it was urgent, now they use the conservative estimates to convince people there's still time.

      That said, 6 years with Biden at the helm is as good as 2 years. I think our only chance is a mass movement forcing a constitutional convention like in Chile, or a catastrophic market failure.

      • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        The "doomer" estimates they used to use still ended up not as bad as the reality tbh. We're on the very high end of the curve