Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It.

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Not the Economy
Guillotines could cut the economy in half too; I think we may be ready for that
Oh no! Not ~~rich people's yacht money~~ the economy!
- Stop this childish shit. tHe eConMY! What are you, fucking 12? We ALL participate in the economy ya fuckin' moron. Or are you just repeating cutesy shit for upvotes? Yeah, you are.
  Climate change just shut down NW Florida. Shut. Down. No one working, no one making money, shut down.
  
  What are you going to do about it?
  
  Oof! Didn't expect an old semi-joke to cause so much angst. It's really just a comment on how often articles talking about how X, Y or Z will impact "The Economy" is mostly about how much money already absurdly wealthy people will gain or lose. Hence replace "The Economy" with "Rich People's Yacht Money" in the headlines to get an arguably more accurate headline. Also I don't think anyone give a shit about upvotes on Lemmy, could be wrong though. As for Florida, I'm not in the US so not super familiar with the climate in various parts of each state but snowfall in Florida seems pretty crazy since I thought Florida is pretty tropical/subtropical. If I have offended you please accept my apology as it was definitely not my intention to offend anyone and especially anyone who is experiencing a natural disaster. I've been through a few cyclones and a bushfire. It's not even slightly fun.
  
  that's what 'muricans voted for or didn't vote to prevent, since before I was born
Well there will be less people. ...maybe by half
- It'll be the other half too if we don't figure out a final solution to the billionaire question.
  
  I'm almost wondering if it's looking like the Final Solution to the global warming issue. The oligarchs are all entirely aware that this is a major problem, hence why most of them have their fantasy bunkers prepped and ready to go. The funny part is, they are too short sighted to understand that it'll only last for upwards of maybe a year or so unless they have an entire economy running down there (and none of those bunkers are equipped for it).
If we don't act, it will cut the economy to zero.

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