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I’m an American and (for environmental consciousness and personal preference), I’ve chosen a “low quality of life” compared to what many wealthy Americans believe is a high quality of life: I don’t eat meat, I don’t drive, I don’t fly in planes, I don’t have children, and I live in a small apartment.

I have no doubt that climate change will remain unsolved.

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The West limiting itself will only destroy our mental health and creativity in a moment where both are needed the most to fight old enemies such as Russia, China, India etc. But also to fight new enemies such as climate change.

There is a reason why monks don't come up with world-changing inventions. Necessity is the mother of invention after all.

We invent stuff to keep improving our quality of life, that is a complete different approach than regressing and limiting ourselves which has never worked and never will.

Monks also didn’t totally fuck up the climate.

I really don’t think it matters how any of us live. When it comes to climate change, we went ham with our credit card. Now we’re just waiting for the bill to come due knowing we don’t have the money to pay it.

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