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  • BeamBrain [he/him]
    hexbear
    98
    4 months ago

    The American upper class has spent so long being shielded from the fallout of its actions that it believes itself invincible.

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    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
      hexbear
      33
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      That's not a class issue nearly so much as it is an 83-year-olds be stubborn problem

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  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
    hexbear
    80
    4 months ago

    What a perfect microcosm story for why we're completely screwed by climate collapse. People would complain about how heavy handed the symbolism is if this was in a movie

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    • @jayWL@lemmy.ml
      hexbear
      2
      4 months ago

      I know you're just repeating a common joke, but people would absolutely not complain, in fact they would applaud it as subtle and complex and needing 200 IQ to understand. See all the discourse around "Don't Look Up" which must have been the most heavy handed movie I've seen in a decade, and people praised it to high heavens foe being a "clever metaphor" etc

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      • @whogivesashit@lemmygrad.ml
        hexbear
        1
        3 months ago

        I feel like it's only possible to come across as heavy handed if the satire is objectively less subtle than reality. In a world where climate science has shown us our future for decades now and people continue to bury their head in the sand, it's really just documentary about what would genuinely happen if a large scale disaster were to occur. I wouldn't say it's a particularly clever metaphor, but I think you can't satirize climate change denial hard enough at this point.

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  • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
    hexbear
    64
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    4 months ago

    Damn if I was 82 and had a giant beachside mansion I would stay in it too. Great way to go out, ride that sucker into hell.

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  • Fredward [he/him]
    hexbear
    45
    4 months ago

    hopefully somebody livestreams it falling into the sea

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  • culpritus [any]
    hexbear
    41
    4 months ago

    Wealthy old man biding his time while a landslide undercuts his support. Very uncommitted to doing anything about it. Where have I seen this before?

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