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[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yes, we are likely seeing the last generation of humans on earth.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 1 hour ago

We're likely to see a lot of suffering and disruption along with increased mortality, but humans are way too resourceful to go extinct, even with a severe disruption to the climate

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Maybe, depends on how uninhabitable the planet actually gets. We think we know what that looks like, but there are pretty wide error bars around the worst case scenarios.

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 hours ago

We might be able to mitigate some of the effects of we start removing the actual problems people...granted the solution isn't exact 'legal'

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I agree that it's going to take popular action to prevent the capitalists from continuing as usual, whatever form this action takes. But it's not going to happen until we're organized and prepared to risk our own safety for the greater good.

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