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Human Brains Aren't Wired to Fight Climate Change | Society knows it’s doing things that will do immense harm to the environment for many generations to come. So why can’t it change? We like donuts (www.bloomberg.com)
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[-] eatthecake@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I did not mean to discourage voting, on the contrary, i think the people who don't vote are the problem. We have compulsory voting where i live and i think it keeps things a little saner as the parties don't need to spend so much effort making people angry or afraid enough to be motivated to vote.

[-] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Why... Fuck, you're not from the States.

I still have a stale taste in my mouth for our conflicting opinions, but I can't deny a different take on Capitalism from another country.

Edit: though I hope our communication was thoughtful and stimulating in spite of being down-putting.

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