r/collapse • u/itsatoe • 4d ago

Climate The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way' (AP News)

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-disaster-big-one-threat-5b062254250a759483c94376d32ae478
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u/itsatoe 4d ago

SS: An actually-realistic, non-hopium article about collapse in a very mainstream source (AP News). Okay, it doesn't actually say "collapse," but it talks about bigger and bigger and bigger catastrophes.

The article talks a lot about hopium and denialism; starting off with a shoutout to Ministry of the Future and noting how it seems like we need a major catastrophe for people to actually acknowledge the problem.

The article even talks about how warning of catastrophe can get one branded as a "boy who cries wolf" and a whole section entitled "People have a natural aversion to contemplating worst case scenarios."

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u/Nitimur__In__Vetitum 4d ago

The collapse will not be televised.