• Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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      … It’s happening right now bro. You’re alive right now, and we’re having extreme weather events right now.

      Climate change isn’t a point in which either before that point nothing happens and after that point something bad happens, instead as we continue with bad practices, things get continually worse.

      We’re having extreme heat, right now. Places with longer hurricane seasons, or where hurricanes are now way worse, etc. And things can still worsen.

      What you seem to be saying is that, you don’t care about your future and minimizing future issues, but also don’t care about any family or friends that you have. Society has done so much, that here you are born, with Internet access to a federated app, electricity, many of life’s privileges compared to our ancestors, people now and in the future would appreciate what help you can provide now.

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        you are born, with Internet access to a federated app, electricity, many of life’s privileges compared to our ancestors. Those were knowledge, most of things were born because our ancestors needed them for own benefit. Here with climate change. First of all, My small country doesn’t make a difference, I don’t have a car, I don’t spend more than 400 kw monthly. If you really want to make a change, stop having kids. Less carbon print to ZERO carbon print, but a lot aren’t willing to do it. I am not willing to do anything that involves changing my ways of life.

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      Genuine question: why do you care about climate change if you would be dead by then?

      Empathy, or caring about how other people are affected, even if it doesn’t affect you personally. Empathy is normal and healthy.

      Better question is, why are 60+yo Capitalists who already have more wealth than they could possibly spend before they die, so desperate to hold and collect even more wealth?

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      “Why should I care about other people?” is a question that comes up a lot, and I am deeply suspicious of people who don’t care about others.

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        Not really, I would be dead by then, no family. I mean if I have to make a great change in my life because of climate change, forget about it.

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          I’ll give you a point for honesty, but to also be honest, I think you’re a selfish arsehole.

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          I think if you’re under 50 years old, you’ll probably be impacted by the effects of climate change for a majority of your life at this point. The change won’t be an instant thing like in The Day After Tomorrow after you’re long dead, it’s happening now when you’re alive.

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      I’m sorry to see downvotes on a genuine question. From a libertarian point of view, the question is very valid.

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        The basis of classical libertarianism is the non-aggression principal, which basically means “don’t harm others.” Seems like that would include causing harm after you die. But modern libertarianism seems to have a very strange interpretation of that principal…