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What is to be done? (lifeworth.com)
submitted 6 years ago by LibsEatPoop2@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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So I just read this paper and needed to talk to someone. You should absolutely read it but essentially, all society, including affluent nations, is going to collapse starting this decade. The article states 20% probability of human extinction before 2100 as one reasonable figure reached by some reputable scientists.

Capitalism and sustainable development and incremental reforms have failed so far and will continue to fail. Organizations, like IPCC have consistently undersold the extent of climate change happening. In fact, the trends we are now experiencing are the worst predictions of the mid-90s. Even now, the view of societal collapse is seen as scaremongering even among scientists but we have reached a stage where we need to consider this not just a hypothetical, but actually reality.

I just...we don't have any time left. I really don't know what to do. It just doesn't seem real. How do we even prepare for something like this?

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[โ€“] JoeySteel@hexbear.net 1 points 6 years ago* (last edited 6 years ago)

As the end of Western civilisation (and what the West has to offer the world.... Where once it at least offered the thin veneer of civilisation and human progress. Today it stands for neverending war, oligarchy and nihilism) comes to an end so those living in the West saw, not transformation but the end of everything

In the twilight of every civilisation you see this pattern of doomerism repeated in its culture and writings

I've no doubt some kind of collapse is going to happen. This will afford the progressive part of humanity an opportunity to lynch the Ceos and Shareholders and build a new society free of wage slavery (even if materially we are a lot poorer)

But doomerism is inherently reactionary and in the revolutionary spirit of every socialist or communist revolutionary society we saw what humanity can do when its not shackled to the chains of profit and beholden to a parasite class

[โ€“] GothWhitlam@hexbear.net 1 points 6 years ago

My only answer is to not let this make you a doomer.

Sure, shit is fucked, and bad things are definitely going to happen, but what is revolution if it isn't hope in the face of the hopeless?

We're a wall against the wind, combined we can care for one another, build communities and respect the value of human life no matter the circumstances.

Even if this is true, and we're all fucked, I'd rather the last human interaction to be one of kindness and solidarity than one of greed and corruption.

The alternative to revolutionary thought is to accept the status quo. We're all here because we know we can't accept it and won't.

I love you Comrade. Stay strong, keep building a community, and know that we're here for you if you need it.