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The UN Issued a Dire Climate Change Warning. It's Worse Than They Hoped
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this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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I wish I shared your optimism. A deus ex machina solution is extremely unlikely. It would be more effective to attempt to forcibly sieze control of the mechanisms of pollution than to hope for surprise salvation. When you are being actively killed, sometimes violence really is the answer.
Yep, "violence is never the answer" are words of those who will end up dead at the hands of violent people. Violence is the last option and should only be used when all other avenues have been exhausted, but to say it's never an option is just naive.