If you believe in small d democracy and the ability of humans to band together and solve the existential problem of climate change, then as Molly Ivins might have said, bless your little heart!
If on the other hand you believe we have already squandered our last, best chance to solve climate change and are about to hand our government over to an unholy alliance of oligarchs and fascists, then you are a hard eyed realist.
I prefer to believe we still have chances to save democracy and the planet, but we need to embrace the moment and call for humanity to assert itself in the 11th hour. I'm an optimistic pessimist, but I still believe in possibilities and the innate goodness of a significant chunk of the population of the planet.
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