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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
The tone in this thread is so weird. Are we all suddenly fans of big oil and totally down for climate change?
gpt
If people are comfortable, they don't want to change. If they suddenly become uncomfortable, they want to race back to the flawed system that previously made them comfortable (even if that comfort was based on cruelty and environmental catastrophe). A lot of people feel less comfortable suddenly (pandemic, inflation, more entrenched late-stage capitalism) and are desperate to regain comfort. We can't promise they will have the same level of comfort in the future, so they see us as enemies to their comfort. Sucks, but has a logic to it that we need to address.