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capitalism is killing the planet (quokk.au)
submitted 7 months ago by [M] to c/mop@quokk.au
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[–] 41 points 7 months ago (1 child)

We are perfectly capable of sustaining a clean and balanced environment. We probably will, eventually. The question is: how much damage and pain will we cause before we decide to?

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  • [–] 43 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    We probably will, eventually

    My old boss told me one time (I’m translating from corporate speak) that it’s 100% totally okay to personally inflict any amount of environmental damage that benefits us in the short term, because the solutions to climate change are on the way. Like it’s a totally forgone conclusion that the bright minds working on these problems will solve them. Always have, always will.

    You and I and every sane person agrees minimizing the damage is best either way. It just reminded me of that convo lol. Bro was using the “confidence in human ingenuity” as a blank check excuse to actively cause the damage that will need to be undone. Absolutely insufferable. If it were 100% confirmed there were no way for us to survive what’s coming he’d still run the business the same way just with a different convenient excuse

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago

    "Well what does it matter that the oceans are all lava now, and will tsunami every livable inch of land, killing all life on earth? We can still harm the planet today. Won't batter next week when we're all ash!"

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