Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.

  • kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    4 days ago

    You basically see two pro-fossil fuel campaigns on social media:

    • In right-leaning spaces, they say “climate change is a hoax, wind turbines kill birds”
    • In left-leaning spaces, they say “we’re all doomed, it’s already over, just give up”

    It’s an extremely dangerous two-pronged assault, because any information at all can be catalyzed into inaction:

    • “Things are getting worse” can be treated as confirmation of propaganda efforts or confirmation that we’re screwed
    • ”Things are getting better” can be treated as admission of overreacting or dismissed as “too little, too late”
        • MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world
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          3 days ago

          Yeap.

          Until very recently I was prone to the “better is better, and at least we’re not open fascists” argument. But I’ve come to understand that incremental fascism is just the mechanism used on so-called “liberals”.

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      You’re right

      I’m very much in the left camp and I do fear its too late. I fear that in the next 5 decades, millions if not billions will die and that we might actually face a societal collapse

      Governments don’t give a shit about climate, they’re too dumb

      Companies don’t give a shit about climate because their owners direct the actions and they only care about money

      So how exactly should I be positive and have a “let’s go fix this!” attitude?

      I’m tired, really really tired

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        4 days ago

        Don’t give up…that’s the point of the NYT article. It’s manipulation.

        Every step each of us in the “west” takes to help has an outsized positive effect.

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      4 days ago

      Dont give up. Kill your masters.

      If you’re not willing to do that, you have already given up, please stop panicking over your choice to back our collective suicide and die with dignity.