Honestly, the suffering was going to happen either way. We’ve been spewing carbon into the atmosphere for, what, five decades now? We were already further along on the worst case scenario than most models accounted for and it’s been continuing to accelerate. I don’t mean to sound defeatist but like, the Titanic has been sinking for a long time, all this one election decided is how much time we have to get to the lifeboats and wait for the ocean to swallow us.
I was already not planning on having kids or retirement in 2015, that sure hasn’t changed with everything that’s happened since. I feel for everyone who will be affected by climate catastrophe (i.e. everyone) but like, we have been sowing for that harvest since before I was born.
Oh I know, I’ve been giving a lot lately to communities affected by climate change induced catastrophes. But money only does so much to alleviate it, and it’s certainly not fixing root causes. Soon I will either have nothing left to give or more people are going to need it than not, myself included.
That’s a terrible summary of my statement. I didn’t say I agree, I said it has happened, the course is set. This one election in one country isn’t the root cause, even if they are accelerationists. The world is a cruel place, always has been. I’m done spending my energy worrying about it, I’m resigned to humanity’s well-earned fate.
“30% of a wealthy nation wanted a fascist, so everyone should suffer” is wildly cruel.
In complete agreement here, but also I understand the need for folks to be able to vent about a fucked up situation 😔
hard for me to accept this sort of venting, i guess. seems far too harmful and self destructive.
Honestly, the suffering was going to happen either way. We’ve been spewing carbon into the atmosphere for, what, five decades now? We were already further along on the worst case scenario than most models accounted for and it’s been continuing to accelerate. I don’t mean to sound defeatist but like, the Titanic has been sinking for a long time, all this one election decided is how much time we have to get to the lifeboats and wait for the ocean to swallow us.
I was already not planning on having kids or retirement in 2015, that sure hasn’t changed with everything that’s happened since. I feel for everyone who will be affected by climate catastrophe (i.e. everyone) but like, we have been sowing for that harvest since before I was born.
Well children are alive today who are going to be effected, and need as much harm mitigation as they can get.
Oh I know, I’ve been giving a lot lately to communities affected by climate change induced catastrophes. But money only does so much to alleviate it, and it’s certainly not fixing root causes. Soon I will either have nothing left to give or more people are going to need it than not, myself included.
That’s a terrible summary of my statement. I didn’t say I agree, I said it has happened, the course is set. This one election in one country isn’t the root cause, even if they are accelerationists. The world is a cruel place, always has been. I’m done spending my energy worrying about it, I’m resigned to humanity’s well-earned fate.
that is resigning to cruelty and complicity.