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Budweiser54

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09/07/24

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Originally posted by pintohoo: ↑

''The global view is that most populations couldn't give a toss - just look at the number of coal fired power stations being built in mainly Asian countries.''

there is probably a lot of truth in what you wrote

there is one thing that one instantly notices in many Asian cultures ---------- pragmatism. Adaptation to problems that are in front of one's nose

it is a wonderful human characteristic --------- however, it has a big downside, and that is that it is detrimental to longer term thinking

when the heat comes - they feel it then, when the floods come, they feel it then - when the ocean encroaches, they feel it then ---------- and they again, fall to pragmatism

it is more so in their nature or culture than looking far ahead.

Many nations do have more long term views - but, not, oddly enough in all areas.

I think that most nations, Asian or Western - in actual practice - don't really accept climate change -

they kind of do - they kind of can intellectualise it - but, it's almost impossible for humans to emotionally grasp the danger of climate change -

it's either invisible - or difficult to see, because we are so used to things like -'it's raining' - well - it's always rained
it's hot - well, in one's life in warm places - there's always been hot weather

it's a huge mental shift to grasp that today - it's hot - because of some planetary shift

it's even more difficult to grasp mmcc - where somehow, some people we call scientists tell us that something invisible 'up there' which we are making from doing things in chimneys ----------- is creating the whole thing - which means - it's hot today

those with a good imagination can sit and intellectualise it - but, it's very difficult to emotionalise it - to really get an understanding of it

take the example of western consumerism --------- so, women mainly, but women and men - we intellectually know that industrialisation is the cause of planetary damage and degradation - that's abundantly clear --------------- BUT - we still go to the shopping mall and buy carloads of unnecessary shit - and we buy bigger houses so we can put all that mass of shit somewhere -

we just do NOT back what we know - we just don't, we continue on with wilful irresponsibility

what will it take? ---------- well, I think there are two things - a massive death toll from some extreme extreme weather event - and something rapid and monstrous - like the AMOC stalling

something that gives Hollywood style immediacy to hugely damaging events

will either happen? ----- probably. When is the question. It's always been the question

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Maybe non western countries and cultures are more pragmatic when it comes to climate change.

It has always changed and will always continue to change.

As the west morphs into a morally corrupt dystopian society it would be a good time to revisit some worthwhile eastern philosophy

''To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.''

Confucius

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