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Lately it really seems that everybody is saying "It's too late, we're screwed, so let's not do anything and party like it's 1999".



This is a misdiagnosis. Lamenting that it's too late is the complete opposite of partying like it's 1999. We're not having fun. It's the climate change denialists who are partying like it's 1999, pretending that nothing has changed, that there's not a problem, and that we don't need to do anything. They're the ones who are complacent.

By the way, the lyrics of the song 1999 were very much tongue-in-cheek. Prince had a political streak, he had not given up on caring, and he wrote a number of other political songs, such as "Ronnie Talk to Russia", "Annie Christian", "Free", "America", and "Pop Life".


I reflected your comment back to you for a reason.

Any argument that starts with "It seems like you're saying" is a bad argument.

The climate change denialists are hiding behind both of our arguments.


> I reflected your comment back to you for a reason.

That wasn't my comment.




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