like holy shit the bourgeoisie are trying to kill us all actively en masse within our lifetimes and all movement against it feels like it has died come the 20s. Every time it gets brought up it feels like people are either revelling in it, are denying it, are too tired to care, say “someone’s going to fix it so there’s no point in worrying," or get angry asking “well what do you want me to do about it I can’t fix it” or something. It feels like we’re in a moment where we have just abandoned science all together in the decaying west, so the plan is almost like to keep attacking the biosphere out of spite for everyone around us.
It feels Lovecraftian, I can’t think about it because every time I do it paralyzes me in awe of the urgency and scope of what has to be done. Do I just stop thinking about it? I guess the answer is to keep organizing but I’m scared that we don’t have enough time at this rate to address it before it gets catastrophic and has irreversible effects
There is a tension between when global capitalism loses hegemony, and how that process of collapse plays out. My main concern is that the death drive of capitalism will result in a massive scale destruction of productive capacity that could be used to transition with better resiliency.
If capitalism doesn’t terror bomb the world in its death throes, I’m fairly hopeful that much of the world can adapt pretty quickly. We can’t avoid significant climate catastrophe at this point, but there is a possibility of adaptation and resilience in that scenario.