The crisis is in motion… There is no ending it… Removing ourselves from the equation, and stopping all the damage we do on a daily basis, wouldn’t slow it down more than a few months at this point. We can affect how bad things get before our extinction, but arguing politics won’t change a fucking thing.

How could you possibly know this? Do you think despair helps anything?

Doomers want to justify their inaction by pretending that nothing can be done.

That’s a good point, which is why I try to walk a fine line: I think we’re royally screwed, BUT I still take action and behave as if I’m being overly pessimistic.