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How do you deal with depression about climate change? (programming.dev)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I started getting sad about climate change two years ago after seeing Planet Earth and many documentaries. I completely changed my lifestyle to reduce my part and put significant effort into it.

But seeing rich celebrities who use as much as a common man's lifetime resources in a week or two, and others who barely put in any effort to combat it, and corporations fucking the entire planet for quarterly profits, barely any efforts towards fighting it even though we had known about its consequences 30-40 years ago, I get this feeling that my efforts are even worth it.

Slowly, I told myself that evolution failed itself by giving a bit more individual selfishness over community/species survival. Just like human beings, Earth's time has started to end. Its death is inevitable. Everything should come to an end. Only if evolution had given a bit more thought to species survival, we would be in a much better place.

How do you all deal with this?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You are not alone. The only way to stop it is to go back to regulations. Regulations have been stripped since the 80s. We need to put them all back in place, there is no reason anyone should have that much money. They are going into space and moving bridges so they can fit their yatchs disturbing hard working peoples lives. Capitalism is great but only when it’s regulated. We dont need a formal investigation to know that these people have visions that align and they will fuck everyone for their gain. Also they have underground bunkers ready for anything.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So your solution to depression about climate change is, "singlehandedly accomplish what all of the non-evil politicians have been trying and failing to do for decades, but do that while both powerless and depressed"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes

I mean I would like to go back to hanging these fuckers but you know thats illegal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well then it becomes a logistical question. How?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You start voting in local elections and changing what is easier to change and work your way up. I never voted in local elections before and I see now that this will have the biggest impact in my day to day life. Only 66% of eligible voters are doing so and so many are under the spell of fake news run by the billionaires. Vote for regulations no matter how bad the news paper paints it, the same for unions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Already doing that. No change in material conditions, still depressed. Next idea?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Im not trying to fix you just my surroundings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The question was, "How do you deal with depression about climate change?" Maybe voting in local elections does that for you (singular), but it may not work for you (general).