• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Dead bodies … like thousands or even millions of dead bodies rotting in the streets will be the only motivation the world will need in order to react to global climate change.

    Don’t get carried away with this … I don’t mean for anyone to go out and kill people. What I’m saying is that the world won’t take any of this seriously until global climate change affects the world so much that thousands or millions of people start dying.

    In the meantime, everyone will ignore the warning signs.

    We aren’t a very smart species, especially when it comes to global events that take decades to occur. We’re like squirrels, you need to place a peanut in front of us in order for us to react.

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      10 months ago

      degrowth is inevitable. either by choice or imposed by climate disasters, we will consume less as a group, after all, dead people are extremely environmentally friendly.

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      10 months ago

      Don’t get carried away with this … I don’t mean for anyone to go out and kill people. What I’m saying is that the world won’t take any of this seriously until global climate change affects the world so much that thousands or millions of people start dying.

      Climate change already has killed thousands of people. Starvation due to recent drought and people killed in floodings are examples of this.

      But of course stupid people will just point out, that there have always been droughts and floodings and ignore the significant increase in such catastrophes.