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submitted 6 months ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/collapse@lemmy.ml

The destruction of the world’s most pristine rainforests continued at a relentless rate in 2023, despite dramatic falls in forest loss in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon, new figures show.

An area nearly the size of Switzerland was cleared from previously undisturbed rainforests last year, totalling 37,000 sq km

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[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 9 points 6 months ago

People are fucking stupid.

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

I know this sounds terrible (and I'm sure somebody will get their knickers in a twist about me being "defeatist") but I've started feeling like we deserve all the shit that's coming our way.

We're just smart enough to be able to fuck up our environment, but not nearly smart enough to not do that.

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 5 points 6 months ago

We keep propping up this system that only exists to consume. It consumes the natural resources and as we can clearly see, we're also considered a natural resource. The fact that slavery was a world trade and people are still stolen shows that. But also the fact that we see things like what's happening in Jordan and Gaza and we turn a blind eye to it because there's profit to be made.

We could easily move beyond the notion that profit and wealth is the be all and end all of everything, but the richest would have nothing to make them feel superior. So instead of ensuring that everyone can be homed and have dinner on their tables, we instead choose to destroy the very thing keeping us alive. It's really stupid.

Even if you look at England. Everyone can see the damage that the government has done and instead of trying something new, the opposition has decided to cosplay as a younger version of the government. No progressive policies, just status quo.

We need fundamental change at all levels, just so we can have a future, but fucking rich fucks don't give a fuck. The fact that we're destroying our rainforests for fucking farmland when there's a global food surplus is fucking disgusting.

Apologies for my French.

this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2024
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