• kingofras@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Please stop spouting this propaganda. We have less than 2 decades of western white civilisation left. Other continents far less. It’s not helpful and it propagates this hopium and drives people to complacency.

    E: your downvotes are as futile as the hopium propaganda. Truth hurts, but sets you free.

    • prototypez9er@lemmynsfw.com
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      7 days ago

      People don’t seem to be aware that there are estimates that there could be 1.2 BILLION climate refugees by 2050. And it’s not like they all just decide to migrate in that year.

      We think things look fascist now? If we do not stomp out fascism immediately, there’s going to be mass genocide. If people stop being complacent right now, we could do so much better.

      I don’t have my hopes up though.

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        7 days ago

        Yep. There this complacent coddling that seems to have happened where people sit on fences for eons

        “Let’s wait and see if we really do break 1.5ºC of warming. It’s too early to tell now” “Let’s wait and see if Trump does full Hitler. He’s got a unique style, but so many people voting for him can’t be wrong” “Let’s wait and see if we need to divest our USA interests and our military reliance. They have a difficult moment now, but surely will bounce back. They always have”

        In a way, during peacetime, there is a sense of security in that fence sitting, but now, during wartime, it is the thing that costs hundreds of thousands of lives.

        We’re in for a really tough ride.

        Also, for those interested, there are safe spaces for people who have come off the fence. !collapse@lemmy.ml and !collapse@sopuli.xyz and !collapse@slrpnk.net being the most prominent on Lemmy atm.

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      7 days ago

      Damn, that bait is so obvious, a newborn fish just looked at me like I was crazy for thinking it would fall for it.

      • MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml
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        7 days ago

        If you don’t think there’s a significant chance of climate change wrecking modern civilization in the next 20 years, you’re just doing climate denial.

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          5 days ago

          they didn’t say “modern civilization”. they said “western white civilisation [sic]”

          edit: and they’re also peddling astrology bs in the rest of the thread so no wonder they’re getting downvoted.