Talked to a very smart person this afternoon who reminded me: climate fatalism ("it's too late") is a soft form of denialism.
Everything we do from here is worthwhile. It counts, it makes a difference. No matter what damage has been done, we can still make things better than if we had done nothing. We can still look after the world, look after our friends and family. Action has results.
Very much agree. In fact, I've come to hold that there is nothing soft about it. Doom is the new Denial - both advocate inaction. A lot of it looks remarkably like an influence operation.
There are many excellent references to this, but Rebecca Solnit's article from The Guardian last year does a good job of covering it.
Oh, and if somebody replies to this post with doomism they'll be instantly blocked, as I'll take them to be a bad faith troll.
I started collecting these years ago and when looking back I was surprised how many of these actually showed positive developments: the entries with a 💡
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