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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They're both wrong. It's a right now problem AND a future problem.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

That's true, but they still think it's a future problem.

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a "right now" problem for anyone with a lifetime of savings to insulate them.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It is. Increased extreme weather affects everyone. Granted, wealthy people are less catastrophically affected, but they're still not unaffected.

Yeah but the old guy will die of old age before it gets bad enough to actually affect him, so he doesn't care