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The memes of the climate
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Well, like many people I'm not in Michigan. Thats a very short sighted view point.
If half of the world becomes unlivable, billions of people will be on the move, fighting for resources. Everything is connected and this will have repercussions in Michigan as well. But I guess I shouldnt be surprised since Americans generally present themselves as the center and only important part of the world and I wouldn't be surprised if you guys shut your borders when shit hits the fan and merrily sit at your lake in Michigan and watch while the rest of the word suffers and dies. Or maybe you start some wars over water this time.
On the other hand, you had some serious climate change effects in the US as well. You think the devastating hurricanes and bad cold spells will just contain itself in areas YOU are not at?
The "It doesn't affect ME!" stance is not sustainable anymore. It will and probably is already affecting you too, even if you don't want to see it.
I also am not in Michigan, and don't own property on a lake. But it's also not a short sighted viewpoint when your original point was that "We and our children will drown in floods, starve in drought and burn in unbearable heat..." That's simply not true for a lot of people in the first world. In terms of personal politics, I believe that every oil executive should be shot, and people who think Biden is some climate savior have a screw loose. But clearly the green party isn't going to ever win any national elections (it does decently locally), so the US will keep chugging along and drilling more, but will export the consequences elsewhere, as it has always done. And of course the US will shut its borders and refuse climate immigrants - it's literally happening right now. We can all see what's coming. But life will continue just fine for many in the first world.