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by giraffe_lady
1511 days ago
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> I've found the opposite to be true for me. Everyone I know who is "collapse aware" so to speak is much more empathetic towards others. Except for the extreme border fixation by the ascendant far right? Except for the militias and preppers? They use a different vocabulary but these groups are collapse-aware as well. We don't usually call it this anymore but this is basically ecofascism. Environmental awareness does not inherently come with an outward facing altruism. |
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They are not remotely "collapse-aware", the slogan "Make America Great Again!" tells you this. The are many books written about the relationship between nihilism and the rise of fascism. This was Nietzsche's prediction 200 years ago.
These are people that feel the effects of collapse but refuse to acknowledge it. The only difference between these groups and people talking about denying what's happening and fighting against climate change is that the latter group has not been hit with material despair yet. Once they do we'll see an increasing emergence of fascism from this group (we already to do some extent, but it will get worse quickly).
I recommend Nolan Gertz "Nihilism" for a quick overview of the subject.