WE DESERVE A SOCIETY THAT CAN RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
DUE TO THE SHEER VOLUME OF SMUG, CYNICAL, SELF-CONGRATULATORY YET STILL SOMEHOW HOPELESS AND NIHILISTIC COMMENTS HERE, LET ME SAY THIS IN A LANGUAGE YOU GORMLESS DOOMERS CAN UNDERSTAND:
1. PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY GOOD.
2. PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY LAZY.
3. A SMALL NUMBER OF EVIL BUT INDUSTRIOUS OPPORTUNISTS HAVE SEIZED CONTROL OF THE MECHANISMS THAT DISTRIBUTE WEALTH, POWER, AND INFORMATION IN SOCIETY. REPUBLICANS, THE OIL INDUSTRY, EVANGELICALS, SOCIAL MEDIAITES, BILLIONAIRES, ETC.
4. THESE EVIL PEOPLE ARE KILLING THE PLANET.
5. THE EVIL PEOPLE CAN BE STOPPED.
6. THE EVIL PEOPLE SHOULD BE STOPPED.
7. THE PLANET CAN BE SAVED.
8. THE PLANET SHOULD BE SAVED.
9. HUMANS DO NOT DESERVE TO ALL DIE. NOT UNTIL MY BOYS GET HERE, THEY DON'T.
10. BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SAVE JUST SOME OF EARTH, THE PEOPLE WHO YOU AGREE WITH AND LIKE DESERVE TO HAVE A PLANET WORTH LIVING ON *EVEN IF THAT MEANS THAT BAD PEOPLE GET TO LIVE HERE, TOO*.
I REJECT THE FATALISTIC NOTION THAT WE DESERVE OUR SHITTY SITUATION. OUR SHITTY SITUATION HAS BEEN FOISTED ON US BY DEATH CULTISTS AND WAR PROFITEERS AND SUSTAINED BY INERTIA AND STRONG NORMS AGAINST DISMEMBERING THE RICH AND BOILING THEIR BONES INTO STOCK. WE DON'T ALL DESERVE TO DIE. IT IS LITERALLY WITHIN OUR POWER TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. IF YOU THINK WE DON'T DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS, WHAT'S THE POINT IN BEING ALIVE?
SORRY. IT'S LATE. I JUST HATE YOU ALL SO MUCH SOMETIMES.
@LRRRonEarth Don’t give up on us :)
And thank you for the motivational yelling, I needed it in my day
@LRRRonEarth i hate me too bro :blobcatgooglyholdingitsheadinitshands:
@dkloke IT'S OK, DAN. YOU'RE ALRIGHT.
@LRRRonEarth Absolutely, and you’ve probably already read Saving Time by Jenny Odell, but if you haven’t, it’s the best book about this (or anything else) that I’ve read in a long time.
@LRRRonEarth Thank you. But, Point 9--would you consider not just sending your boys? Because that's been part of our problem.
@PamW I PROMISE THAT THE CONQUEST AND SUBJUGATION OF EARTH WILL FEATURE ALL THE INTERSECTIONAL RICHNESS OMICRON PERSEI 8 HAS TO OFFER.
@LRRRonEarth um... All Hail LRRR?
If anyone is confused or disagrees, this video should help you understand the issue, in part:
@LRRRonEarth Why heavenly daze, McGee, surely you can't mean fine upstanding passles of shit like these, hmmm?
@LightFIAR THESE ARE THE VILLAINOUS OPPORTUNISTS, YES.
@LRRRonEarth Time their reigns ended, eh? How to achieve that...