• Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      If you buy the current science on global warming, literally yes. The politics of generations ago still affect us to this day, including such things as the fossil fuel industry’s massive prevalence.

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        OK, so I voted for harris. And it’s cold this year.

        apparently my voted caused it to be cold this year.

        did i vote wrong if i didn’t want it to be cold?

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            2 months ago

            is in good faith discussion if I start pointing out the absurdities that come from your arguments?

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          Something like the climate is a centuries long process to change. Your vote moved the needle one way or the other, absolutely. But something like the climate takes generations, multiple administrations, choices, processes…

          So like… You didn’t vote for it to be cold, no. You voted for a person who had a set of policies that will impact the world, moving things in a certain direction. And further, the fact that the world is as it is now is the result of all of those previous votes throughout history. You live IN politics. You are not exempt from it, your world is literally molded by it.

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            2 months ago

            you are basically arguing for the butterfly effect. i open my car door, does that cause a typhoon in japan?

            if i did, how could it ever be proven?

            and if things are so deterministic, what is the point of making choices really?

            most of us are not that important. my vote for harris did nothing to help or harm the climate or change weather patterns. i won’t be here in 50 years, let alone 500, so it climate policy is irrelevant to me.

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              I rarely come across comment chains so dumb I hope they’re trolls and not an actual person thinking that way

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                1 month ago

                I regularly come across people who insult others and claim they are superior without actually making an argument or engaging in a meaningful way.

                It’s almost like it’s easy to sit in a glass house and scream you are smart than actually going outside and interacting with people.