@simplic10 @sarahdoingthing In the golden age of SF we called that human adaptability & determination and it was a good and noble thing.
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Adaptability a blessing & curse. Good if decline exogenous, not so good if endogenous & adaptation prevents action.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@simplic10@sarahdoingthing I would advise thinking very carefully about the word 'action' here.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Looking back at article, had forgotten that ex hypothesi rats destroyed trees, not ppl. So little scope for action.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing (Apart from leaving of course, presumably possible with driftwood or some such.)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing But in broader picture, action is where ppl say "Holy shit, let's take drastic steps!" instead of coping.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@simplic10@sarahdoingthing Incremental adaptation works. Progressives think we need an Apollo project for every fucking problem.3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Good points but inc. adap. doesn't work for all probs either. Can lead to blind alleys.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing All the historical ex's I can think of unlikely to appeal to a libertarian... Charlemagne's education reform...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing ...Roman land reform, maybe enclosure movement?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@simplic10 @sarahdoingthing Don't know much about any of those. Enclosure acts generally despised by libertarians though.
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