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Originally Posted by Pierre
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Frightened people don’t spend money though, and that’s the only thing keeping the capitalist Ponzi scheme from collapsing.
You could, theoretically, use the same nudge tactics in a well funded conspiracy theory to deny climate change at all. Make people afraid of the creeping authoritarianism of the state. The state is coming for you, your money, your lifestyle etc.
If covid taught us anything it’s that meaningful uniform compliance is difficult to maintain for a prolonged period (more than a year). That was against a backdrop of what was perceived (in March 2020) as a significant, local threat at an individual level. Extreme weather events in other parts of the world are unlikely to make people make substantive lifestyle changes on any meaningful level.