The response (or lack thereof) to COVID in the west has served as a great example of what will happen with climate change on a shorter timeline. If there are some immediate one-off events that can’t be ignored (raging forest fires, flooding, hurricanes, etc) they will be responded to, but viewed as unavoidable. General reduced QoL will be accepted due to propaganda. No meaningful action will be taken by the powers that be, which will drive people to the political extremes. Due to the multi-billion dollar fascist propaganda complex and general background radiation of a century+ of the Red Scare, the majority of these people will become fascists.
Also the economy being increasingly built on obvious scams seems bad.
The response (or lack thereof) to COVID in the west has served as a great example of what will happen with climate change on a shorter timeline. If there are some immediate one-off events that can’t be ignored (raging forest fires, flooding, hurricanes, etc) they will be responded to, but viewed as unavoidable. General reduced QoL will be accepted due to propaganda. No meaningful action will be taken by the powers that be, which will drive people to the political extremes. Due to the multi-billion dollar fascist propaganda complex and general background radiation of a century+ of the Red Scare, the majority of these people will become fascists.
Also the economy being increasingly built on obvious scams seems bad.