15,000 Scientists Warn Society Could 'Collapse' This Century In Dire Climate Report - eviltoast
  • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    The economy is a social construct. We could change the whole system if we really wanted to.

    Our climate is a real, physical, thing. Just like the food we eat or the houses we live in. Destroying those things are far more irreversible, with far more consequences, than an economy that can be fixed.

    It’s like worrying about the economy while chopping down the last tree on an island.