"Like many, I did buy into the idea that big catastrophes would do something to politics,” said Luisa Neubauer from Fridays for Future Germany. (...) The 28-year-old activist (...) said she had been shocked to see the destruction from Hurricane Helene “play into the cards of those denying climate disasters”. Far-right influencers and conspiracy theorists used the wildfires that ravaged California this month to attack efforts to stop the planet from heating."
I can understand why people in the first world would rather buy into conspiracy theories than accept the fact that their way of life can no longer exist. And having spent so much time in the neoliberal bubble, most can't even begin to imagine a wolrd that's different from their daily reality of mindless consumption and social isolation.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/24/extreme-weather-failing-encourage-political-climate-action-luisa-neubauer
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