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or Boris, or Vladimir, or Xi, or Bolsonaro, etc etc. they are not it. And, vile inexcusable and unacceptable as it is, racism is not the biggest issue of the day, or sexism. Nor is abortion, animal rights, free speech, freedom for or from religion, freedom to wear or not wear a mask . . . whatever, whatever . . . cause, right, privilege, power, belief, or hope anyone individually or collectively cherishes . . . with all those things still squarely on the table and more and urgent as ever . . . the greatest, most urgent problem facing America and the world, both human and wild, is our deteriorating climate.
It's not happening tomorrow. Earth's climate has deteriorated to the point that it has now become its own cause. It threatens all life as we know it, not just the poor, starving, dirty poster-polar bear stranded on a chunk of ice that broke off a melting glacier. Earth's climate is rapidly deteriorating by the day, by the hour, and threatens all life on earth . . . yours, mine, theirs, its . . . ours . . . because in this we are one.
Our house is on fire and we humans, the cause and only hope, are inside oblivious, arguing about other things as it burns.
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Now I'm reading here and there that what we NOW need to worry about is slowing down the process, rather than stopping it, to give ourselves more time to "adapt."
I interpret that as, give corporations more time to adapt to different market pressures--buy time to make alternative energy sources more economically viable, for example. Which all means, OMG we have to be careful we don't "hurt the economy."
This all feels like giving up. Don't like it.
Yeah. So incredibly stupid. Blinded by greed I suppose. They think they can escape to Mars or some paradise island where everything they will ever need, including breathable air and drinkable water will be freely available to them forever.
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