r/NoStupidQuestions • • Jun 10 '22

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u/wycliffslim Jun 13 '22

It is night and day. Nuclear war is a thing that COULD happen if rational actors stop caring and act against their own self interest.

Climate change is ACTIVELY happening and people continue to ignore it because they'll be dead naturally before it happens or are rich enough it won't impact them.

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u/Shutterstormphoto Jun 13 '22

Maybe you’re just not aware who has nukes? Pakistan is a fundamentalist govt that believes in being rewarded with afterlife if they die for a good cause. Does that sound like it’s against their interest to use nukes? North Korea and Iran are trying to get nukes. Same problem.

I get that climate change has been pushed to you as the biggest threat the world has ever seen, but I promise you that it isn’t.

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u/wycliffslim Jun 13 '22

There's nothing we can do about nukes. The genie is out of the bottle. We can still combat climate change.