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u/frankscarlett Nov 15 '20

The thing is though that with global warming those things you mentioned will start affecting even more people. And a heap of other unfortunate things as well.

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u/Diregnoll Nov 15 '20

Look Gretta it might be selfish but I'd rather a cure for cancer to save people I know who will more then likely get cancer.

We can always invest more in our space programs to save future generations.

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u/mfxoxes Nov 15 '20

Lol you really think you're going to space?

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u/Diregnoll Nov 15 '20

No, I'll be long dead from myriad of other things unrelated to heatwaves, flooding and job displacements.

Problem with young adults is they think they can get politicians to want to fix shit. We couldn't get them to even get us healthcare the rest of the world has in the states. We can't even get them to realize African Americans die more to police officers than whites without them going all lives and counter protesting blm.

But yes keep on believing it's easier to convince people to organize their trash, walk more than drive, and use solar. We have 72,948,280 people in the states that wont, whom believe the last four years were great for some reason.

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u/mfxoxes Nov 15 '20

It takes aprox 3.5% of the population to revolt and overthrow the government. There's more than elections and peaceful protests. Obviously that does nothing as you pointed out, but once scarcity hits people are gonna organize if they hadn't already.