The world is heading toward the greatest economic crisis of all time. On the one hand, because of Trump’s idiotic war that is blocking the Strait of Hormuz; on the other, because the economy is evaluated solely on the basis of growth. Endless economic growth is the philosophy of a cancer cell. The common good, environmental destruction, and population decline are not factored in at all. This can only lead to a crisis that keeps getting worse.

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@scriptkiddie "endless economic growth is the philosophy of a cancer cell". That's such an accurate metaphor. Sad but true.

@soberaim

don't worry too much because the temperature is going up ...

@scriptkiddie and yet not a single government is doing something because of 'but the economy'. It's waiting for the system to collapse. And the longer it takes, the more other systems will go down with it.

@haerench @scriptkiddie
"A lot of why the right doesn’t “understand” climate change is that climate change tells us everything is connected, everything we do has far-reaching repercussions, and we’re responsible for the whole, a message at odds with their idealization of a version of freedom that smells a lot like disconnection and irresponsibility. "
Rebecca Solnit 2020

https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-on-not-meeting-nazis-halfway

Rebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway

When Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them …

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