They're realists. Folks like you hand wave away the 100,000 deaths this summer from a heat wave like its nothing.
Its peak selfishness on your part. You take a "I'm smarter" perspective and condescend about things that are literally killing hundreds of thousands of people.
The privilege is insane. It's sad.
I've seen it throughout my life, though. Once you get hit by a climate event your tune will change. Once a wildfire destroys your neighborhood, or a flood wipes out your family, or a landslide destroys your property, etc, the tune changes.
Its peak selfishness on your part. You take a "I'm smarter" perspective and condescend about things that are literally killing hundreds of thousands of people.
The privilege is insane. It's sad.
I've seen it throughout my life, though. Once you get hit by a climate event your tune will change. Once a wildfire destroys your neighborhood, or a flood wipes out your family, or a landslide destroys your property, etc, the tune changes.
The privilege is insane. It's sad.