But the guy who blew his brains out was entirely right about how bad climate change was (it's worse now) and the entire ecosphere of the earth is literally dying
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You're doing the doomer thing. Since the film came out, first order is worse, first derivative has improved, higher order derivatives have improved greatly. There are reasons for hope
aug 31, 2025, 5:03 am • 14 0 • view
I guess like the point of the movie has a lot more to do with religion and what kind of actions a sincerely religious Christian should take in response to evil than to litigating the truth of climate doom
aug 31, 2025, 5:07 am • 15 0 • view
Sure, but it is important to litigate the truth of climate doom! And doomerism is often about rationalizing why it's worse than it actually is
aug 31, 2025, 5:13 am • 5 0 • view
Climate scientists are pretty doomer at this point tbqh www.theguardian.com/environment/...
aug 31, 2025, 5:19 am • 4 0 • view
also I'm not sure what metrics you're using to say things are "better" because the world co2 output is still at a record high every year and every ecosystem on the planet is on the brink of collapse.
aug 31, 2025, 5:27 am • 2 0 • view
We've likely hit peak emissions this year and decarbonization is rapidly accelerating.
aug 31, 2025, 8:33 am • 1 0 • view
Read my point about derivatives, there is stunning progress in technology lowering emissions and a whole lot more to come very soon. Things aren't good! But real reasons for hope.
aug 31, 2025, 5:44 am • 4 0 • view
I think this is where we're gonna have a fundamental difference because like the entire world knows how to solve climate change and environmental destruction and actively chooses not to do it because it would impact profits, and I don't think a tech savior product is going to fix things.
aug 31, 2025, 5:49 am • 1 0 • view
It could be that climate change isnt a moral lesson about profits though
aug 31, 2025, 6:00 am • 13 0 • view
I think if Paul Schrader wanted to make a movie about how profits conflict with mitigating climate change he would've made the protagonist a businessman or a scientist instead of a reverend
aug 31, 2025, 6:12 am • 6 0 • view
aug 31, 2025, 8:53 pm • 0 0 • view
it..kinda is though, the oil companies hid everything they knew about climate change to protect their wealth, we strip mine the earth and destroy the ecosystems holding everything together so we can sell endless products to produce endless profit etc
aug 31, 2025, 6:13 am • 0 0 • view
like the resistance to doing anything about climate change really entirely boils down to "I should be allowed to pillage the entire Earth for profit"
aug 31, 2025, 6:14 am • 2 0 • view