• sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    You’re right about our leaders but partially wrong about it being too late. There will be massive destruction and horrible outcomes but damage can still be decreased. With massive effort fewer dead, fewer impovrished, easier to reverse. This is true at each point.

    Horrifyingly though our leaders will do nothing while pretending when it gets bad there was nothing they could have done at this point. That it’s always been futile.

    You may think me saying humanity can still do good work to lower damage is optimism but as a pessimist I understand that nothing will likely be done. Especially when most think it’s already too late to do anything.

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      9 hours ago

      I agree with you. I don’t mean “too late” as in past the point of action potentially having a positive impact, I mean “too late” in the sense that I am not optimistic that such action will take place in time to significantly mitigate the outcomes mentioned.

      I’m also have a bit of a shit day - I’m usually a hair more optimistic on these things.

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          6 hours ago

          You didn’t come across as sour at all. I think it’s understandable if we’re all more than a bit tired. Right back at you <3 have a lovely day and hopefully we both can rest and restore.

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      9 hours ago

      They don’t have to do anything. they’ve convinced the masses that it’s too late and we can’t do anything, now all they have to do is keep the theater going so it seems like they’re still trying.