Meh who cares? Let it all burn and flood. Earth gets a fresh start, and hopefully whatever "intelligent" species evolves to be dominant in the next 5-10 million years is a better custodian. Rinse and repeat until that's the case. Heck, who knows if this is actually the 1st or 100th iteration...

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Y-bar 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The rich, who have disproportionately contributed to the current crisis can buy and relocate to safety, while the poor will be hit the hardest.

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y-c-o-m-b 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've seen a lot of stories about this in the last year, but I truly wonder how effective they will be. What's to stop people from acquiring equipment like large machinery to dig them out of their bunker or bombing it with bunker busters?

	▲	Y-bar 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you look at both past and modern-day equivalents you will see that the rich do buy enough people to work as safety troops. The reason why Putin or Kim Jong Un is not dead a long time ago is that enough of the ruling upper middle class has been made dependent on their leaders and will work to ensure the safety of said leader.

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ArtemZ 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But ultimately, isn't it the complacency of poor people, their disinterest in politics, in standing for each other, in learning and pushing for change is what allowed the existence and conduct of the rich?

	▲	Y-bar 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have seen this line of thinking before. ”Your honour, but the girl didn’t resist very much, so she must bear part of the blame for what I did to her”.

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intended an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

From what I recall, there will be no easy energy once our civ dies out. Whichever civilization rises after us, it will face a limit to what heights it can reach.

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urbnspacecowboy 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Mmm, ecofascism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecofascism

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skeledrew 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Hmm nah, I'm thinking beyond that, like a full wipe and reset back to primordial ooze stage. Although that's pretty unlikely as humans will be fully wiped out as a species before conditions get to the point of triggering a full reset, and cockroaches at least are notorious for surviving the most inhospitable conditions ever. Theoretically, a device could be built that triggers it though.

	▲	tgv 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		He loved humanity. He just didn't care for humans.