Genuinely curious. I keep thinking “it can’t get much worse without some kind of mass uprising” but the ability of the general population of Western states to just soak up suffering seems endless. Do you think we will actually see mass movements in the next decade or two? Or just slowly lurch into a void of ever-shittier liberalism?

By the West I mean like. Western Europe and the Anglosphere I guess.

  • niph [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    Well said. The imperialists have gone a good job of insulating themselves from the harshest effects of climate crisis so far but that can’t last forever.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      Even they understand this. They're setting up bunkers to retreat to because they understand the inevitability of this turmoil themselves.

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          2 months ago

          If you really think about it, their plan is basically the Fallout games. Maybe without nukes, but it's basically to hide in a Vault and figure out how to take control again afterwards.

    • panned_cakes [none/use name]
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      2 months ago

      https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/

      I mean, maybe PR-wise. Expect Katrina!New Orleans or Texas-tier disaster management from the whole country.