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Systematic lies

vendredi 2 juillet 2021 à 02:00

Fossil fuel companies caused the coming global heating disaster by systematic lies. We should focus on this, and prosecute them.

We can't save ourselves individually from climate disaster. The only way we can save ourselves is together.

To wonder where your descendants would be "most safe" in a world of climate disaster is a foolish distraction. That question will become pertinent only if civilization is failing — which means, if almost everyone is doomed. But that defeat is only a possibility; it has not happened yet. Now is the time when humanity can win, so focus on now!

Billionaires know where their descendants would be "most safe": in private enclaves intended to survive collapse of civilization. We need to show them, in a way that they can't doubt, that we won't let their families abandon the rest of us that way — that their families' fate is linked with civilization's, so they must work for civilization's survival if their own descendants are to have a chance.

Lawsuits and other pressure against planet roasting companies are starting to win in some countries.