Scientists have been warning us for a long time now. It seems like the general public doesn’t care about the appending collapse of civilization.
I’m curious if the die-off of Boomers, and the (very) left-wing leaning of GenZ will mean we will rapidly start addressing it. Too late, obviously, but still I think it will happen within 10-15 years.
One can hope. I read an article recently that said in the US, millennials and gen z should be the largest voting bloc by 2028. The problem is, how many of them are voting? In my anecdotal experience, very few of my millennial peers vote. We’re gonna need a way to fight the doomerism mindset with younger people and make them realize we have the numbers to turn this around.
It seems to depend on the group. My kids are all able to vote now, and they are fervently convincing their friends to vote. Just through the three of them they got 12 other votes. So I think the doomerism mindset can be assuaged slightly by pointing out just how many Conservative boomers are gone.
And lord help the Cons if they win the next election. Life is about to get very rough for everyone, and frankly a kick of Poilievre-led Cons will motivate Gen Z to vote pretty quickly, I think.
I wish disaster would strike already, I want to at least live to see the glorious “I told you so” about climate change.
Sadly, this isn’t how it’s going down. Climate change disaster is already here, it’s just a slow burn. The fuel in that burn is just normal people trying to make a living. Another couple decades go by and power consolidates. We’re buying our water ration from Nestle Amazon Walmart or whatever the fuck. I’m tired.
We no longer can, but we’re going to anyway. Getting any person in a position of power to act meaningfully on climate change is seemingly impossible.
If you aren’t fighting conservatism, you aren’t fighting climate change. Conservatives (including neo-liberals) serve coporate interests, even to the point of killing everyone on earth.
Global warming cannot be addressed unless we disable the power of conservatives to protect corporate interests. There is no work around. Conservatives (including neo-liberals) are the reason corporations have legal protections to destroy the earth.
