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Cake day: March 26th, 2022

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  • nobody wants to give up anything today to address a potential problem at some indefinite point in the future

    Thing is, whenever the topic of “giving up something” pops up in regards to climate issues, it’s near universally shit like “don’t use plastic straws” and “eat less meat”. It’s never “ban private jets”, it’s never “better public transport infrastructure”. Of course people aren’t willing to give up whatever measley comforts they can scrounge, when there are individuals more rich than entire cities or even states!



  • It’s not even economies that get me. It’s outright catastrophes. In 2010, forest fires in Russia had gotten so bad, entire cities were covered in thick smoke. I still remember being able to look directly at the sun, just a shiny red disk. And most of the fires were hundreds of kilometres away!

    Floods, hurricanes. How disaster-proof are our towns and cities? And solving all that would very likely require a conscious and concerted worldwide effort. Something that I doubt could be achieved without a worldwide socialist revolution - something that doesn’t appear to be happening anytime soon. And by the time it happens - if it happens - it just might be too late.

    Like I said, great filter.