dear garden,
humans have a problem they like to call climate change (it used to be called global warming but then they realized the warming part is probably the least problematic part for them). it’s a big thing in politics and people love to ask whether or how much which humans are contributing, but it’s all a big distraction. remember the other day talking about (victim) blaming and pointing fingers? it’s the same thing with this, just bigger and more official.
almost everyone agrees* that humans are capable of messing with the climate if they really want to (for better or worse). on a completely unrelated note, almost everyone agrees* that the climate is doing weird things that we don’t like. so all those debates over whether humans are causing it, and which humans are causing the most (they usually group them by countries because this way they can point fingers at any of the bad guys they don’t like, and blame the whole thing on them), are very silly. after all, assuming the previous claims are correct, almost everyone agrees that having hurricanes and droughts everywhere is bad, and that we should look for ways to stop them from happening so much.
but then we spend a lot of time wondering whose fault it is and who should have to bear the most responsibility, and nobody wants to do more work or spend more money than they’re forced to do, because we’re lazy and stingy, and bla bla why should we do more when someone else is doing less etc. but the answer is obvious: it’s because if everyone just spends all their time demanding from others, and nobody actually gets the stuff done, then the stuff doesn’t get done and everyone (including ourselves) will be worse off (because of the hurricanes and stuff that keep throwing us around)
but luckily you will be okay because realistically life will continue to survive and grow and keep you pretty and colorful, even if humans don’t like your new colors. so i guess it’s okay
*citation needed
ramble garden 