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How Climate Change Misinformation and Apathy Helped Trump Win
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this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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Nah, the truth is most people dont really care about climate change. My parents just say: "People say the world is ending all the time like they did in 2012" and "don't worry" basically equating climate change to mayan calandar conspiracy theories. 🤦♂️ I have a feeling many people actuallt think this way.
We're so cooked, literally and figuratively.
It's not that they don't care I think. It's more that the human brain is not very good at understanding and visualising massive things (be it numbers, space, complex systems, etc).
We're really good at gathering and communicating information though, which helps us make sense of the world.
The big problem is that we allow people's opinions to have as much weight as data and facts. So when you have data and facts about climate change presented at the same level as climate denialism, most people don't really see the difference when it comes to the weight of the data vs the opinion of some guy.
It's almost like some people benefit from withholding information, controlling the narrative, and having a public with low critical thinking.
My pastor growing up said we don't need to worry about pollution and climate change, because Jesus is going to return any day and after he wins, god is going to renew the earth. Magically I guess.
It's an excuse I always heard for not doing anything about it