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Moostache

(11,128 posts)
21. We are all going to be bitterly disappointed...
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 02:28 PM
Mar 2016

The fact is there simply do not appear to be enough cognizant, self-aware and compassionate people on the planet to combat the anesthetized zombie horde that consume the 1%'s version of "news" and "facts" and are willing to ignore reality and pretend there is no problem at all. 99% of us have no meaningful "net worth" in the big picture...but >>than half of that 99% do not care or cannot be bothered enough to engage in pressuring the 1% to stop the policies that are killing the planet's ability to support life on our scale.

Humanity is en route to killing off all aquatic and land-based life bigger than a cockroach within the next century. The predictions of the most dire consequences being at the end of the century? How many articles have published in the last 9 months admitting that all previous estimates were WAAAAAYYY too conservative and the measure impacts are FAR greater than projected? Better start bracing for real impact and social upheaval by the end of the DECADE...

Syria and ISIS and the European refugee crisis are all partially linked to drought and climate change and the coming emergency is going to make that currently intractable international issue seem utterly quaint by comparison. Water access and resources wars are on the horizon...and our American response to this? Trump or Clinton. A tyrant in waiting or a weather vane from Wall Street.

Abandon all hope, ye who live here...

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This is why I find our current political process and situation so funny. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1
It's really "Titanic Underground" here -- bitter fights over deck-chair arrangements.... nt villager Mar 2016 #2
but not to worry, there is a nice quintet set up to play music while we sink. Javaman Mar 2016 #7
I prefer a circle. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #8
Come to Canada! robbob Mar 2016 #6
That's a good way to describe it. yardwork Mar 2016 #13
"...literally burning to death, slowly." Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #33
Tipping point has been passed n/t n2doc Mar 2016 #3
1% is fiddling while Earth burns felix_numinous Mar 2016 #4
We are all going to be bitterly disappointed... Moostache Mar 2016 #21
Sadly, Delphinus Mar 2016 #36
THIS: dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #25
uh oh FreshStart1 Mar 2016 #5
Bernie has tied it all together. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #9
What does Wall Street say? jalan48 Mar 2016 #10
Found a tick on me in Wisconsin early this week AllyCat Mar 2016 #11
I know the plural of anecdote is not evidence, wouldsman Mar 2016 #19
We've never seen chigger populations this bad Duppers Mar 2016 #23
Very frightening indeed. blondie58 Mar 2016 #12
This is starting to fill the definition of runaway global warming. n/t. airplaneman Mar 2016 #14
Here we go. Into... zentrum Mar 2016 #15
Here is a graphic airplaneman Mar 2016 #16
Terrifying. nt Lorien Mar 2016 #30
Yeah, we stepped in it alright... n/t Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #17
Why this isn't seen as the only real issue of our time . . . Richard D Mar 2016 #18
one word - Conservatives NoMoreRepugs Mar 2016 #20
Puzzles me, too deutsey Mar 2016 #22
Same here. Duppers Mar 2016 #24
Greed and denial Lorien Mar 2016 #29
To acknowledge its severity would require the admission that the only way to address it GliderGuider Mar 2016 #38
And the Repubes remain in total denial AxionExcel Mar 2016 #26
Count on it Fairgo Mar 2016 #27
We have only one chance to slow this down Lorien Mar 2016 #28
And when one region after another becomes uninhabitable the deniers will all say: Binkie The Clown Mar 2016 #31
City water utility prices are rising very fast. Like 10% each year now in Texas. Even affluent DhhD Mar 2016 #32
Lawns in general need to come to a stop. NickB79 Mar 2016 #35
^^^This^^^ I wish my HOA would realize this... truebrit71 Mar 2016 #39
We needed to do something massive about this in 2008 Hydra Mar 2016 #34
"Shocking"? In what possible sense could this be considered "shocking"? hatrack Mar 2016 #37
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