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123 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 7h \ parent \ on: What Happened to Climate Change? Politics_And_Law
On top of that the nations that seem to care most about it are the most wealthy ones. Not the poorest. The poorest have much more pressing and solvable problems like diseases that can be healed, hunger, and general societal development.
The reality is that even if the whole world followed the guidance of the UN's study on climate change it would not be enough. These are their own estimations. They also estimate it will depress the development of these poor nations.
I'm sure there are many sincere people concerned about climate change but they sure don't seem to be in positions of power. It seems those people are more concerned with power.
The poorest have much more pressing and solvable problems like diseases that can be healed, hunger, and general societal development.
I think that's true, but I don't take it as evidence for anything about the topic -- the poorest have the least ability to worry about a future that's not threatening them in the moment.
The reality is that even if the whole world followed the guidance of the UN's study on climate change it would not be enough.
That's probably another vector of the learned helplessness. At this point either some tech hail mary saves the day, or future people will just deal with the cataclysm because there's no other choice. Doesn't seem like there's anything to gain doing anything about it now, unless you're working on the tech hail mary part.