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OT: The News Thread

I’m not sure how accurate those fares are or who would consider paying for commercial flights out. Residents are being urged to drive out if they can and the military is evacuating some by air.
 
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MindzEye said:
This is why government matters. This is why regulations matter.

Corporate officers should be personally liable for harm caused by their decision just like us normies are. If I feel like the best way to maximize profit for my business includes punching someone in the fucking face, I still get charged with assault, my business doesn't just pay a fine and move on.
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In my dystopian nightmare scenario, frequent mega disasters and new realities (food/water scarcity, new pathogens ?) of an altered climate will result in a new feudal, oligarchic order of the super wealthy living in highly fortified gated “safe areas” where they and their families live, work and play. Protection will be provided by state of the art Wagner-like private militias.

Everyone else will live in a climate vulnerable, ravaged even, Thunderdome scenarios with authoritarian overlords, police states, no personal security, contingent well-being and random/uncertain violence and climate catastrophes. Investing in or planning for your family’s future will be a fool’s errand.
 
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lecoqsportif said:
In my dystopian nightmare scenario, frequent mega disasters and new realities (food/water scarcity, new pathogens ?) of an altered climate will result in a new feudal, oligarchic order of the super wealthy living in highly fortified gated “safe areas” where they and their families live, work and play. Protection will be provided by state of the art Wagner-like private militias.

Everyone else will live in a climate vulnerable, ravaged even, Thunderdome scenarios with authoritarian overlords, police states, no personal security, contingent well-being and random/uncertain violence and climate catastrophes. Investing in or planning for your family’s future will be a fool’s errand.
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So you're suggesting that we eat the wealthy before it gets to that point?

I'm in.
 
LeafGm said:
The past 10 years or so have left me utterly convinced of that.

Human civilization will die in the cradle sooner rather than later.
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This whole reflex of tipping towards authoritarians when we're remotely inconvenienced instead of leaning into known data and plausible solutions over the last 10 years has me thinking similarly tbh. When the first real volleys of climate change start to land (north atlantic conveyor is probably the first big one), I think we're going to react very, very poorly to the lowered standards of living.

We act like the level of civilization we've achieved is permanent.
 
MindzEye said:
This whole reflex of tipping towards authoritarians when we're remotely inconvenienced instead of leaning into known data and plausible solutions over the last 10 years has me thinking similarly tbh. When the first real volleys of climate change start to land (north atlantic conveyor is probably the first big one), I think we're going to react very, very poorly to the lowered standards of living.

We act like the level of civilization we've achieved is permanent.
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It doesn’t help that pretty much every human currently alive has experienced nothing except steady, rapid technological progress throughout their entire lives and the steady rise of living standards (in general).

Falling backwards into lower living standards and significantly more primitive technological capabilities seems almost unthinkable as a result, but that’s a scenario that’s played out countless times thoughout human history.
 
I've got a friend evacuating their Grandma from Salmon Arm, which is not even right in the thick of things and it's probably going to be quite the ordeal :( Don't wish this stuff on anyone.
 
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