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 (DIR) Post #AVJFhiS3EtbkUHgYUq by ttiurani@fosstodon.org
       2023-05-04T06:29:47Z
       
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       #Doomerism is both an easy and effective way to resolve the cognitive dissonance related to how you benefit from the destruction of nature.When you get yourself to believe there is no way to prevent a complete ecological breakdown, you effectively get a carte blanche to not change anything.If you still get doubts, you can add mental fortification by believing in a hobbesian war of all against all, and reject all hope of cooperation between people.It's one hell of a drug.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVJFhksME3q40S0amG by ttiurani@fosstodon.org
       2023-05-04T06:37:39Z
       
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       I've found the best way to try to break through doomers' defenses is to first point out that, according to current science, a runaway hot house is very unlikely. That means every little bit of less destruction is better. Every person saved and every extinction prevented is worth all our effort. After that (because doomers are in so many cases men), you can try to appeal to their heroic imagination: saving the planet is our generation's big fight. History demands we step up.