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  • Jorick [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I get that millions of us have died, but nothing can be compared to the sheer scale of death that will unfold in the 21th century if we lose our fight. We're talking actual billions dead, through war, disease, famine, droughts, catastrophes. Entire continents uninhabitable because of the heat. God I wish I had hope.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      The first great war ushered in the conditions that created the first great socialist state of the USSR.

      The second great war ushered in the second in China.

      The third will kill us all or usher in another.

      By no means do I play down how awful any of that is.. But I think there is hope to hold in that.

      • Jorick [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        This resembles a quote from Mao talking about WW3, and while I kind of agree with him, I kind of doubt he'd have guessed what would happen in the early 21th century.

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          I don't remember that but then there's so many different things to recall in MZT it's hard to remember it all at once. I just think that in the horror of knowing what is probably on its way there is still hope to be had in what is going to come out the other side. I think that hope should be a persistent reminder.