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Husband (an atheist) reckons the 9nly thing that will motivate enough people to forgo their immediate self interest to save the planet is religion. Reward in the next life and all that.
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I am atheist myself, but have to acknowledge religion can motivate people to think beyond their lifespan. Good and bad obv...
At the same time, worrying about the environment when you cannot pay your bills or if you want to but upgrades are too expensive or if you are renting....there are a lot of factors that stop us.
My protestant dad: Climate change cannot be fixed under capitalism. We all need an earth use points allowance, money doesn't work to set better behaviour.
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It's a really interesting point. Fear of God shapes billions of lives.
JWestland
Stonehedge
You think it is mostly related to that?
I mean, even healthcare staff/propah scientists are saying "yeah it's a mess". The media can overhype/oversimplify things for sure, but here I don't think it is the case.
Not that it is ALL bad, the whole world sorta working together a wee bit is good. Just not sure it is enough...fixing climate change under capitalism is maybe just impossible.
Happy thoughts! ;)