Annoyingly, Paranoia is a HORRIBLE and counter-productive reaction to people ACTUALLY being out to get you, just like Depression is almost certainly unhelpful when things actually ARE going to hell. Both turn up the gain until signal gets swamped with noise.
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We are literally burning down the whole world with our insatiable interests and desires and appetites and curiosities Stop giving a shit Don't do things, don't care about things Just fucking sit there and exist
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Climate change is just one particular angle to look at this from, of course This is also the #1 most effective way to not waste your money, not get mugged or assaulted or raped, not be emotionally harmed by others and not cause them emotional harm
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Are you actually endorsing this mindset, or are you just trying to make a rhetorical point? I don't think many people are going to be very happy if they become shut-ins who literally never do anything but exist.
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Seeking happiness is delusion, lack of unhappiness (or happiness) is the only meaningful goal
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Isn't this falling into the "Clearly it is up to the individual to solve the climate crisis" and ignoring that major corporations and highly wealthy people are the main contributors?
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Well, Arthur isn't talking about consumer activism, he's talking about maladaptive human psychological drives And I mean billionaires and their capitalist minions are possessed of those drives as well
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I can't help but think that vigorously attacking and seeking to destroy polluting industries will ultimately be more productive if your goal is to slow global warming. Not a comment on any of the rest of the thread, but that bit in particular I'm not sure logically follows.
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You could if you were extremely powerful and likely to succeed, but you aren't, they'll just fight back against you, defeat you and become more militant in the process
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You’ve been stalking me for years, I see
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