We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism

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Mirzam eventually stopped walking entirely and let out a very small yelp to gain Remus’ attention since clearly he wasn’t listening to her first attempts. Okay.” Sirius eventually nodded his head, tears dripping down his cheeks. “Okay. No surgery. If that’s what you want, then that’s what…that’s…” Sirius choked on his own words, hiccupping out a small sob. Okay.” He felt very small, his words barely louder than a whisper. It was moments like this where he wanted nothing more than to crawl under the covers of his bed and be held far, far away from the world. He didn’t want to wake up tomorrow and have to go to work and pretend it was all fine. He didn’t want to have to make a decision on if he wanted to continue his life or fill it with poison in a weak attempt to kill off the tumor. He didn’t want to have to sit his child down, look them in the eyes and tell them that their dad has cancer again and this time he most likely wasn’t going to survive it. A recent example of striking progress comes from Ireland – a country with a similar emissions profile to New Zealand. The incoming coalition’s “ programme for government” includes emission cuts of 7% per year and a reduction by half by 2030. Eco-anxiety stems from a sense of hopelessness and the realisation that there are limits to how much agency we have as individuals to affect global change. But we are not hopeless, far from it. The future is still unwritten; we cannot know what it holds, but we will make it first in our minds, in our imaginations.

This aerial view taken on November 19, 2020 shows the Mutwanga hydroelectric power plant pipeline snaking through the Rwenzori Mountains in Beni Territory, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images Remus just shook his head again and reached down to pet Mirzam’s head before gently tugging her along again for the rest of the walk to the car. Sirius must’ve noticed the shift in his focus again because he squeezed both of Remus’ knees and gently swiped the nearly finished cigarette away from his fingers, smashing it out on the ground below his boot. “We have to talk about it, Remus…”Another reason for the downturn in population growth is economic. Politicians strive for relentless economic growth, but this is not sustainable in a world where resources are finite. H. sapiens already sequesters between 25 and 40 percent of net primary productivity—that is, the organic matter that plants create out of air, water and sunshine. As well as being bad news for the millions of other species on our planet that rely on this matter, such sequestration might be having deleterious effects on human economic prospects. People nowadays have to work harder and longer to maintain the standards of living enjoyed by their parents, if such standards are even obtainable. Indeed, there is growing evidence that economic productivity has stalled or even declined globally in the past 20 years. One result could be that people are putting off having children, perhaps so long that their own fertility starts to decline.

Sirius just pulled Remus closer to his side and placed kisses to the side of his temple. After thirteen years of being a parent, it never did seem to get easier. Frazer was born in 1872 and is a dour, trouble-stirring, exaggerating, wild-eyed Scottish undertaker (formerly the keeper of a philatelist's shop with a hobby of making coffins [1]), who possesses a curious fascination with women who have "big, strong thighs." [3] He hails from the "wild and lonely" [4] Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, [1] [5] an apparently desolate and bleak [6] place that appears to have informed most of his pessimistic, dark tendencies. [ citation needed]

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The scale and size of the anthropogenic matter is alarming. Take the case of plastic – the birth of the modern plastics era came only in 1907, but today we produce 300 million tons of plastics every year. Further, the realisation that after water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth is beyond comprehension. The doctor was silent for a moment longer than Remus would’ve liked before he cleared his throat and gave him a small nod. “The tumor will spread, most likely up your body towards your pelvis, which can cause paralysis and bladder issues. You’ll start to lose control of certain things, you’ll grow weak, most likely will need to be in a wheelchair. There is less than a 20% survival rate with no treatment, Mr. Lupin. Your chances are slim to none that you would survive this, as brutal as that sounds. Your body already has to work extra hard to fight off infections and the tumor will consume you. It will be a slow and painful experience; one I really don’t recommend taking. Research states about 5% of patients live to two years with no treatments, but 50% of patients don’t make it past six months.” She’s not supposed to leave her house, her parents want her staying home. They said she can have friends over though! I don’t see the issue.”

We are getting close to tipping points that will create irreversible impacts, some of them difficult even to imagine,” he warned.

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John Derbyshire contends that a comprehensive pessimism is the natural home for realistic conservatives, a breed that understands human nature better than utopian liberals and ‘happy talk conservatives.’ His argument is wide-ranging, erudite, and invigorating, but, paradoxically, delivered with cheerful panache.” He also called for the US and China to rebuild their fractured relationship, which has plunged to new lows this year, but which Guterres said was “crucial” to climate action. “It needs to be re-established because without those two countries working together, it will be absolutely impossible to reverse the present trends,” he said. Not convinced on the need for urgent climate action? Here's what happens to our planet between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming Yeah, of course. Do you want me to sleep on the couch to give you two space?” Sirius was already pushing the blankets away but Teddy shook their head.