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On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history

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[–] SkySyrup@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't blame the symptom for the disease.

Capitalism didn't just pop up out of a vacuum to fuck humanity over, we invented it and have continuously supported it to do so.

[–] SkySyrup@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, we did invent it. However, that was done by a small group of people that have been in power for generations, and kept it difficult to change to a better system.

What I’m trying to say is that I think most people probably don’t find it very fair that someone like Bezos can just be so ridiculously rich.

Maybe we can change this.

[–] OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You really think that's going to happen? Lmao. Yeah sure, and next we'll have world peace and end poverty.

Greedy, easily corruptable and prone to violent authoritarianism- describes like 85% of our species now and throughout recorded history.

Stop nice-washing humanity and wake the fuck up. You're not going to end capitalism, too many people benefit from it to let you.

[–] SkySyrup@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we just give up, then there is a 0% chance. If we try, then the chance of succession isn’t zero. We have to try to be optimistic. Yes, the world is fucked, but hey, giving up is just accepting that and allowing it.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good lol, let humanity die, no other animals have extinction events named after them.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe when I see the magical communist revolution where humanity doesn't destroy itself I'll be a believer, but until then, I think humanity as a whole is a destructive force for bad.

[–] SkySyrup@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t really think communism in the extreme version is currently a solution, but there is a simpler solution for now for the ultra-rich if you tax them for a large amount of money proportional to the income let’s say 100% after 10 million per year you quickly fix (I guess bandaid-patch) a big problem with capitalism.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

We lost the class war, the climate is fucked.